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[-] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

What would aliens say? Oh sorry, you’re good, it’s those other ones in your species that are the bad ones… ?

If the aliens were as advanced in systemic analysis as humans are, they wouldn't say bs like that but "Your species is not the problem, but you seem to have a societal virus that forces most of you to destroy your planet for the benefit of a tiny elite class. This seems to be the problem".

Btw dblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de's tone does not seem hostile to me at all. They're just brutally honest.

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fair enough - a societal virus that's been a part of our species since as far back as the stone age. Hoard the resources and kill the other tribes that pose a potential threat to you and yours. Our species has probably had wars for resources for hundreds of thousands of years.

We haven't had the ability or capacity to start majorly affecting the planet's ecosystems and atmosphere until, what, the last couple hundred years?

If only we could pick these alien's brains on how we might go about solving the basic curse of human greed.. Reminds me of this comic:

[-] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

a societal virus that’s ~~been a~~ befallen parts of our species as far back as the stone age

There have been a lot of examples of large, advanced civilizations living in a way that didn't harm their environment (i.e. Amazonian cultures). Pretending Capitalism (or police) is a force of nature or part of human nature plays into the ruling class' cards.

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Again, fair enough and thanks for the response. I put a lot more thought into this and realized I'm being very short sighted and, dare I say pessimistic. Modern Capitalism is absolutely fucked and I think ultimately we're on the same page.. I don't believe police or capitalism are an inherent force of nature. Maybe some virus has indeed come up on us.

It's really hard for me not to be a pessimist in today's climate, figuratively and literally. My apologies. I appreciate your points

[-] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Lol I'm not an optimist either just kinda hopeless romantic. No need to apologize btw. I really appreciate your response tho

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