Comments by "Remy Lebeau" (@remyllebeau77) on "A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels | Monica Araya" video.

Pretty easy to say how awesome you are doing while you don't mention how much foreign aid you have been and are receiving. "SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (1996 article) — After half a century and $2.7 billion in assistance, Costa Rica last month slipped quietly off the roster of nations receiving funds from the US Agency for International Development (AID). Costa Rica's graduation from American support, based on economic and social progress, comes amid deep criticism of foreign aid in some quarters of the United States as wasteful use of tax money. But to observers and residents here, the program is viewed as a major success. Experts say AID's activities helped salvage the nation's economy, improved social conditions for thousands, and instigated much-needed agricultural reform. The assistance also helped Costa Rica reduce its dependence on exports of coffee and bananas." And a search of foreignassistance D O T gov will show that we are still sending millions to Costa Rica.
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DeoMachina How is the age of the article relevant? Either Costa Rica took 2.7 billion in aid over half a century, or they didn't. If they did, it shines a rather large spotlight on (and brings into question) the claim that Costa Rica is wonderful because they got rid of their military and we should applaud them for all their advancements. In the often used words of Stefan Molyneux, your comment is "not an argument".
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DeoMachina Being snarky or sarcastic and putting words in my mouth is not helping the discussion.
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Aviri Char Are you insane? I have been logical in every post, and it is NOT irrelevant if many of the advances have been bankrolled by foreign aid, and as others have pointed out, Costa Rica just happens to have good geography to take advantage of hydroelectric and geothermal. That obviously doesn't translate to everywhere else, or as the description puts it "a world committed to clean energy in all sectors". "distorting what anyone in the video..." I am not here to blindly agree with the video like a blithering idiot. That is the whole point of bringing up an argument, to question the self-proclaimed values and the green party kumbaya feelings that want to be perceived as valid, but could easily be undermined by reality, something you obviously have a problem with because you think it's "some agenda of your own no one really cares about". If that is really your attitude, feel free to leave. In fact I'll even help you out, especially when you refuse to be civil and instead prefer to use pathetic insults. "The mention of the military abolition was an analogy," Yes of course it was. I didn't miss that part, but apparently you did miss the part where she specifically said that they "turned military spending into social spending...". "keep snarkily sniping at other people" Well now you are just repeating my accusation like some kind of deranged parrot.
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DeoMachina Feel free to discard it, it is your own straw man after all. "It's also invalid to bring up the geography of Costa Rica" So everyone can take advantage of hydroelectric and geothermal energy regardless of their geography, because "not a single nation so far has optimised their potential"? Do you even realize what you are saying? Does reality have any bearing in your little world?
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