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[+] [email protected] -12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Then we go and define things as "invasive" as if the world hasn't been ever-changing for billions of years. As if we know better and need an environment to remain exactly as we found it, forever. As if nature won't just fucking figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is a terrible take. Just because you imagine that nature will "figure it out" doesn't mean we shouldn't still try to good stewards of the environment all the same. In LA where I live, the mustard plants that the Spanish spread take over everything and push out the native wildflowers that native pollinators rely on. Then they dry up in the summer because they're not meant to be here and provide fuel for fires. It I objectively bad for the environment in every measurable way. And don't get me started on kudzu. The environment is so fucked up BECAUSE of people like you going "Oh nature will just figure it out". Do better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

California's general mishandling of nature and natural resources is a great example of what I'm talking about. We don't have a fucking clue, yet we think we know better, and no lessons get learned despite how clearly wrong our solutions are. Like the wildfires and water "management."

To be clear, most other states are also run by morons making idiotic natural resource decisions. California's just a good example since you brought it up.

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