• cheesybuddha@lemmy.world
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    No, it’s only the last few hundred years we had the capability to decide on this route.

    It is not human nature to consume and reproduce more than a ecological niche can support.

    Yes it is. It is a biological imperative to consume and expand. There is no biological imperative to stop doing that. Up until recently the balancing factor has been the cruelty of nature and vast amounts of human death, especially in the very young.

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      Yea breed till extinction is natures way. Those reindeer on the island off Kamchatka.

      I think the biological imperative to stop is the total doom it creates us all if left unchecked. Pretty strong motivation. I think the game musical chairs is closer to reality than symbiotic relationship, conflict being inherent in survival.

      Community created cooperative protection.