Dave JWhat’s your #belief worth to you? What’s fair #compensation when negligence kills your god?
“When #BHP's #MarianaDam exploded in #Brazil almost a decade ago, it wasn't just human life, landscape, livestock and homes that were destroyed.
“These people say their #god was #destroyed too. Something sacred and irreplaceable gone forever.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-09/mariana-dam-survivors-face-mining-giant-bhp/104450420 #anthropology #religion #law
BHP should pay $70 billion for destroying a god, survivors of the Brazilian Mariana Dam disaster say
Nineteen people died and vast swathes of land and waterways were damaged when BHP and local mining company Vale's tailing dam collapsed in 2015. Now, First Nations and traditional Brazilian people are lobbying ahead of a major class action.