State governments collude with polluters to secure continued foreign investment

Evidence

Key figures within the Indian government were complicit in this sleight of hand, as they were reluctant to alienate a global powerhouse like Dow and hoped it would continue to invest in India. — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 979

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Supports article 3’s sacrifice theme: governments calibrate who is expendable — here, poor Indian victims sacrificed to keep Dow’s capital.
• XREF: Directly parallels earlier book claims about corporate-state collusion in Nigeria (chapter 22) and India; shows the pattern generalizes. — connects to: States chose power expansion to protect foreign investment rather than sacrifice accumulated wealth — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 370; States tolerate or promote collusion when they capture a share of proceeds — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 512; States structurally subordinate environmental protection to economic growth imperatives — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 712

Broader Connections

• States structurally subordinate environmental protection to economic growth imperatives #corroborates (0.90) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 712
• States chose power expansion to protect foreign investment rather than sacrifice accumulated wealth #expands (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 370
• States tolerate or promote collusion when they capture a share of proceeds #corroborates (0.82) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 512