This would apply to Africa too. Face it we are hypocrites. Predators for thee but for me.
I don't think I am disagreeing with your overly simplistic "we are hypocrites" argument when considering the whole history of humanity. I guess we are. But your standard of hypocrisy can be applied to most human endeavors, in that case, and often is applied by liberals to make their political points.
We are hypocrites because we would rather send food and water to 3rd world countries than help them build a power power plant and water treatment plants and aqueducts. We don't want them polluting the erf.
We would rather ban DDT at the expense of 3rd world poor people who die in large numbers from malaria in order to protect them from diseased fish that has never been proven. So many preventable deaths occur so 1st world citizens can feel good about protecting the environment. Yea, we are hypocrites.