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[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 1 day 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.

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