I’m trying to think of a species that systematically destroys its own habitat, fails to care for and nourish its young, acts in total contradiction to the natural world - yet continues to survive and thrive. So far I haven’t been able to come up with one.

Feb 24, 2021 · 2:41 AM UTC

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The United States donkey. It thrives due to the generous United States elephant.
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Well I wouldn’t necessarily call it Thrive but yeah good point
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Excellent rhetorical question. Thankfully, awareness is rising that our current trajectory is unsustainable. Rather than fatalistically condemning humans over past & present shortcomings, let’s envision what we can be. We can be benevolent stewards of each other & the planet.
Kate Raworth @KateRaworth
18 Feb 2021
Great article (as ever) by @JeremyRLent on creating an Ecological Civilization - along with Six Rules for Humans Hoping to Rejoin the Natural World. @yesmagazine yesmagazine.org/issue/ecolog…
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The "species" you're thinking of is Capitalism, before that it was Feudalism. Unfettered greed and narcissism always acts like a cancer until it's stopped, and this time it's going to be stopped by the collapse of the ecosystem.
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You are describing Democrats to a tee.
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Yeast reproduce in a beer bottle until they die in alcohol. Enough with the human exceptionalism.
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