Donald must have read my Email obsession on this topic. Those shithole countries have been around for thousands of years and yet refer to themselves as “developing?” 70% of Indian households do not even have toilets. That’s why they’re called shitholes.
“Those shithole countries have been around for thousands of years and yet refer to themselves as ‘developing?’”
They have been under foreign rule (mostly by westerners and Muslims) only for decades.
“70% of Indian households do not even have toilets. That’s why they’re called shitholes.”
Related (India):
o PM Narendra Modi declares India open defecation-free - The Economic Times
Related (United States):
o Human waste in the streets a growing problem - FOX 5 New York
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/human-waste-in-the-streets-a-growing-problem
o San Francisco’s public-poop problem is worse than ever - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-human-poop-problem-2019-4
o Piles of poop, litter on trails, trampled wildflowers. In the social-media era, Washington’s public lands are being trashed. What can be done? - The Seattle Times
o Open Defecation in the United States: Perspectives from the Streets
Abstract — Open defecation (OD) by people experiencing homelessness is common in many U.S. cities. Without sanitation when and where it is needed, the human right to sanitation for people experiencing homelessness has not been realized and concerns about the risks of infectious disease transmission are valid. To address the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, Street Medicine clinicians provide health care services directly to patients living on the streets and in temporary housing. The experience of Street Medicine physicians has yielded significant insight into how and why people experiencing homelessness resort to OD; the lack of public resources, perceptions about public toilets, feelings of being unwelcome at service centers, concerns about safety, and physical and mental illness — including addiction — are all factors that contribute to OD. Additional public toilets are necessary, would minimize OD, and will alleviate overuse where existing facilities are scarce. However, public toilets alone are insufficient to end OD in the United States. Permanent supportive housing through initiatives such as Housing First provide the best path toward realizing the human right to sanitation and housing for people experiencing homelessness and ending OD in the United States.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env.2018.0030