Talk:Chilean water crisis

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The article seem to imply that water scarcity is a problem primarily caused by Pinochet-era laws. This is plainly not true. There may be causes that has been attributed by some to laws from the 1980s, but should not be presented as a "fact". The article fails to mention and weight in the impact of climate change in the water crisis, and it uses peacock terms such as "extractivism" which is clearly negativaly charged. It is also too vague if not incorrect in phrases like "forestry" "consumed 59% of Chile's water".. What water? Dentren | ^Talk 19:35, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

i've read the sources, and while your point on how there are weasel words to negatively paint pinochet, the section is focused on Pinochet's impact on water scarcity in Chile.

another source to back this up could be https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/sep/15/chile-santiago-water-supply-drought-climate-change-privatisation-neoliberalism-human-right , which does accurately describe the historic trends of water privatization (see, Nestle controversies)

overall, there should be enough detail in the rest of the wikipedia article to say "ok although pinochet's laws sucked, and we have the sources to back it up, climate change and the anomalous Ridiculously Resilient Ridge in the South Pacific also is making the current drought worse 98.59.80.64 (talk) 01:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

ok just as a super important afterthought and after adding some stuff, if in general it's like..."this still is biased" then yeah feel free to add back the tags + say why the edits weren't of merit...i mean tbh i really hoped that they were constructive but like if it isnt then kk fine ill just have to deal with it and improve 98.59.80.64 (talk) 01:41, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

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