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We live in ~~a society~~ an ecosphere.

No system but the ecosystem

What does that even mean?

Here's an aspect: https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/nature-in-the-limits-to-capital-and-vice-versa

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[โ€“] NikkiDimes 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's the circle of life. But with that, like the poster in the screenshot, I find factory farming of animals to be absolutely horrendous and try to avoid supporting it. I feel hunting, on the other hand, is absolutely acceptable, and in some ecosystems necessary.

[โ€“] Nuke_the_whales 6 points 3 months ago

I agree. I'm native and I am a vegetarian, but I can't say eating animals is wrong, no more wrong or immoral than if a bear ate me. I just choose not to. If I did eat an animal it would have to be hunted, treated with respect, and not wasted. So I eat it maybe once a year at family gatherings . But even that is enough for vegans to say I'm just as bad as a factory farmer, which honestly I think is hubris.

You want to choose not to eat meat, great. But to think we humans are above it all, above this world and the circle of life as you said, is just narcissism. Especially when it's a city white kid telling natives they're terrible for surviving as that always have