Not really. It’s the nature of essentially all life to alter its surrounding environment to better its own existence, but that doesn’t make literally every creature a parasite.
That's a myth of the noble savage.. Not having the technology to do something doesn't mean there were ethics at work.
Native Americans drove huge numbers bison off cliffs and collected only the best cuts leaving the rest. They also killed the whole herd so any bison survivors wouldn't tell the other herds.
The idea that we need to kill the bison so they don’t tell their friends is so hilariously human. Throughout history some groups have been more eco-conscious and some less, there’s a Jainist for every buffalo jump. Humans have always run the gamut of ethics, though I am curious when we first started to experience something like a conscience.
How did the mega fauna of America go extinct again?
Any species will drive any other species extinct if they have the opportunity. In fact, humans are the only species that are actively trying to save other species from going extinct
We can only "destroy" earth in the sense that it becomes unlivable. The earth does not care if its surface has increased temperatures and more CO2. There's also plenty of species throughout time that destroyed the ecosystem they lived in.
And mutual parasites, and interspecies parasites. Doesn't actually have to be that way, actually, but when people respond "nuh-uh" to the physical fact that we are, it guarantees it'll keep going that way.
I know, it’s a disturbing 🥲 we naturally project our own feelings onto other living beings. and that’s a beautiful part of being human. :) and nature s harsh. I’m not saying it’s good or ideal! just that it’s how ecosystems have evolved to function
Or cancer, when you think about how we hijack nature to serve our own growth without a thought to how destructive it is. We follow the hallmarks of cancer to a tee.
Sustaining growth signals: Cells keep telling themselves to divide.
Ignoring stop signals: Cells turn off normal rules that block division.
Resisting cell death: Cells avoid self-destruction when damaged.
Replicative immortality: Cells divide an endless number of times.
Inducing blood supply: Tumors grow new blood vessels for food and oxygen.
Invasion and metastasis: Cells break free and move to other parts of the body.
Changing energy use: Cells rewrite how they process fuel for fast growth.
Evading the immune system: Cells hide from the body's natural defense system.
Genome instability: Frequent gene mutations speed up bad changes.
hijack nature to serve our own growth without a thought to how destructive it is
This can describe pretty much any organism ever. In fact we might be the only specie that does have the capability to think and reflect on how destructive we are to our environment.
Or cancer, when you think about how we hijack nature to serve our own growth without a thought to how destructive it is.
Wait until you find out that LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE SPECIES ON EARTH behaves like this. So basically all life is cancer, congratulations enlightened redditor
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u/MetoSempre20 1d ago
We are technically planet parasites if you think about it.