• SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
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    13 days ago

    Having lived in the US all my life, I think the public reaction to cattle poison spray would be “well, as long as I can’t taste it in the meat.”

    I wish we all had more empathy for the life we share this planet with.

    • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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      13 days ago

      It’s not just empathy for the sake of empathy. We are part of a delicate ecosystem that is affected in millions of ways, especially unnatural things. Everything we do to it will splash back on us.

      • Flagstaff@programming.dev
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        12 days ago

        The conservatives I know all have this mindset: “It’ll figure itself out. The drive for profit always finds a way.” It’s a nearly admirable amount of trust, if only it wasn’t so horrendously misplaced.