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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 23 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

Just uhh, don't look at all the things we're doing for infinite growth. The beef industry is totally a normal thing to inflict on an environment

-Malthus, apparently

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Well we needed something to replace all the native ruminants we brutally slaughtered.

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[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago

Do we?

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[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

If we're a part of nature, everything we do is also a part of nature, it's just that we have the capacity to understand the consequences of humanity's actions on the rest of nature

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 10 points 7 months ago

I mean if you want to generalize, mass extinction events are also an occurrence in nature even when we're not involved. I think the hope of environmental endeavors is to try and preserve as much as we can, which our current population growth and desired goals of wealth just will not do.

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