All greed, guilt and self interest needs an excuse. Maybe you've got yours sorted.
It's a negotiated deal. If we want them to do their share they need some compensation for how far ahead of the play the developed world is. It doesn't surprise me some don't want to recognise that, or acknowledge the need for that. In a cooperative agreement it can't be all one way.
And I'm not seeing the need to wear hair shirts. That's just another pretty stupid piece of denial self delusion and false justification.
