Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "The Supreme Court Destroyed The Government While You Weren't Looking" video.

  1. AUSTRALIAN HERE with an outside view (question). How does America expect the rest of the World to do business with America after this? I'll remind you all of the Steven Donziger case where he was jailed for representing Ecuadorian's who'd successfully sued Texaco (now owned by Chevron) over their environmental damage in "the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador. The Ecuadorian court awarded the plaintiffs $9.5 billion ($12.7 billion in 2023 dollars) in damages, which led Chevron to withdraw its assets from Ecuador and launch legal action against Donziger in the US. In 2011, Chevron filed a RICO (anti-corruption) suit against Donziger in New York City." (Wikipedia). How are we supposed to do business with American entities (government or private) that have no respect for local laws and do damage (or worse) in our countries when they will drag it back to the US Court System where ultimately SCTOUS will adjudicate? FYI - Chevron has assets in Australia most notably the Gorgon Project based on the environmentally sensitive Barrow Island of the coast of Western Australia. So far Chevron has extracted billions of dollars in LNG exports, failed to get their carbon sequestration system working and PAID NO TAXES. AND BEFORE you ask: YES both the Australian Federal government and West Australian state government are at fault for letting Chevron get away with what they are getting away with.
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