It’s not enough to destroy the earth. The ruling class needs hunting trophies of the species they’re driving extinct.
Our world is ruled by evil sociopaths. That’s the unifying theory that explains everything. Ruthless sociopaths with infinite money have declared war on the planet and everything that lives here.
Are those people part of the ruling class? Never heard of them nor did a brief search bring anything up (I'm not American though).
Anyway, instead of calling it a "war" by the ruling class I prefer to explain stuff with Hanlon's Razor which fits here, too.
I do see what you mean, but I do have to disagree on that point.
Someone involved in illegal bird killing or other acts of environmental destruction (oil, gas, producing garbage, ...) most surely knows what the effects of their actions are, but their want for personal gain is bigger.
And the moral difference between doing something terrible out of mallice or greed is very small, if it even exists.
Slavery isn't better when it's done just for the money.
You're right about this specific case. Those guys were probably just greedy to the point of evil.
However, the comment I replied to made a pretty universal claim about rulers. And at least looking at our rulers in Europe I see more incompetence than malice.
However, the comment I replied to made a pretty universal claim about rulers.
Yeah, universal statements tend to lack nuance.
But especially with the right-wing parties I see quite a bit of malice for the point of personal gain.
And at least in Austria, Germany and the UK the conservatives are so deep into working for personal gain, that they completely forget what would benefit the country and the people.
(I don't have enough deep enough insight into the governments of other countries in Europe to say anything about that, but from what I read, Hungary and Italy are not better off)
"So you see, that is why Evil will always triumph: because Good is dumb."
The ruling class needs hunting trophies of the species they’re driving extinct.
Bald Eagles are not endangered.
Niether are filthy rich sociopaths. Maybe we should do something about that.
What do the filthy rich have to do with this?
Who do you think is paying these chucklefucks to murder birds? It's not poor people with no money...
Give them The Promethean Punishment. Expose their livers, and let the birds have at it.
Persians have you beat:
It ostensibly entailed trapping the victim between two boats, feeding and covering them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be devoured by insects and other vermin over time.
That might be a worse fate, but it's not as poetic as being devoured by birds for the crime of murdering birds.
Some people have zero respect for their own lives, and by extension, any living thing. Money insidiously affects all, whether you're a have or a have not.
We must try our best to nurture and understand our world instead of "conquering" it.
Bald Eagles are pests in some of Alaska. They violated the law and so are poachers, but how is this ethically different from working at a slaughterhouse?
I love animals, i eat them, i don't care if they rot away in a factory farm and never saw the sunlight, but man i do really care and love animals. Right, got it.
Did you stretch before you got to twisting?
I'm confused why you're responding that to me
biggest montana crime of 2023
No, that would be this-
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/montana-abortion-restrictions-greg-gianforte/index.html
Another day of "prosecutor uses inflammatory words to help newspapers write headlines". It's not a "killing spree", it's just poaching. They are normal poachers, not serial killers.
Another day of prosecution using the defendant's words against them. Did you read the article? They literally said that in text messages
Federal prosecutors said they have messages from Branson stating that he was "committing felonies" and "telling buyers he was 'on a killing spree' to obtain eagle tail feathers for future sales."
It doesn't really say the context though. And, again, it doesn't matter if they believe it themselves. I'm not defending them. I'm saying this is no different from other poachers, and describing it as a killing spree when it went on over years is clickbait. Regardless of if they said it or not.
I think you just lack the humility to admit fault
I admit I didn't read that, but I also think it's ridiculous that just because they at some point texted that, that it somehow makes it an accurate description.
Accurate or not, it's useful for the prosecution.
It shows they knew what they were doing was wrong but kept doing it.
I mean what else would you call killing 3000 birds? That's an insane amount.
Killing one protected animal makes you a poacher, killing THOUSANDS over years for no valid reason certainly counts as serial killer behavior.
I mean over 3k birds sounds like a spree of killing sprees to me. The headline says birds, so there's no chance of confusion that it means people. They are poachers who went on a series of bird killing sprees.
spree
/sprē/
noun
a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind.
Unless you dispute the word 'killing,' which I would also be happy to define for you, I'm pretty sure 'killing spree' is the correct description
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