You may be overestimating other species
Ants were doing war and slavery loooong before humans even came around
You haven’t met the crows in my neighborhood.
I can’t wait to see at what the rate per kwH unlimited fusion power is going to be sold to us.
Just like solar power, the “fuel” is unlimited, but the hardware is not free.
Don’t get me wrong, undue profits WILL be made, but at the same time it’s not really free either. Gotta pay for parts/equipment and the people maintaining the reactor and infrastructure.
I dunno. I think that not having to worry about having enough would change how people feel about resources. If it’s always going to be there, it just… doesn’t matter.
How does OP define unlimited? There’s hella diamonds but their release is controlled by a cartel inflating their value. Not unlimited surely but also not equally accessible so the price can be manipulated.
One could argue we currently live in a universe with virtually unlimited resources. It’s accessibility that is the issue.
I’m imagining replicator technology like Star Trek.
Also, since we’re talking about horrible companies, Nestlé killed a bunch of babies so…
I read a paper a few years ago that basically said that food insecurity is not a problem with production, but is instead a problem with distribution. The USA throws away enough food to feed another good sized country. I don’t know the exact nature of the distribution problem and whether it’s a problem of resources or something else, like s political problem.
Many grocery stores give expired food to charity. You will often see a Walmart truck making deliveries to the Homeless shelter
This is a great thing. I didnt know that Walmart was doing it, I have only heard of local grocers in Europe doing this.
I know right? We may not be able to get them off the streets but we can at least keep them fed.
Most other mammals destroy their offspring if there’s a risk and there a chance of survival for themselves or a smaller amount of offspring.
They can always mate again, that baby is gonna be dead before it has the chance.
Most other mammals? Humans do this too. We’re just advanced enough to do it before it’s actually a baby.
Edit: I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. How is it that people in this thread think humans are never selfish or immoral, and other animals don’t care for their young?
We don’t leave our babies for a predator, we protect them and sacrifice ourselves since others will care for them.
We don’t kill 3 of our 4 offspring so the other can survive.
We don’t eat our young for sustenance.
Sure we cull obvious defects to prevent undue suffering, but at the same we don’t as well.
I’m talking about abortions. Plenty of people have abortions because they can’t afford to have kids or have enough kids already.
Also, people have gone to prison for killing their kids. Don’t think all humans are perfectly moral all the time. We’re still animals.
Also, plenty of other animals sacrifice themselves for their kids. Morality and self sacrifice aren’t unique to humans.
I’m talking about abortions. Plenty of people have abortions because they can’t afford to have kids or have enough kids already.
At the same time, people are also forced to carry.
Also, people have gone to prison for killing their kids. Don’t think all humans are perfectly moral all the time. We’re still animals.
At the same time, some people willingly take non-viable fetuses to term and let the “baby” suffer so they don’t themselves.
Also, plenty of other animals sacrifice themselves for their kids. Morality and self sacrifice aren’t unique to humans.
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Yes there are species that don’t kill their young, than there is hamsters who stress eat their young.
I feel like you’re talking in circles. We can at least agree that some humans kill their young, just like other animals.
Yes, but for vastly different reasons. Almost all mammals but humans destroy non-viable infants, so I don’t get what point you were trying to even discuss here?
The topic being, most other mammals would destroy their young before they died of hunger or thirst, so it’s a uniquely human issue.
If it’s not viable, you don’t need to destroy it. It’s already not viable. You also don’t know why an animal does something. I’ve seen a dog nurse a kitten before. I have no idea what it’s thinking and why it’s doing that.
My point is that you’re putting humans on some pedestal like our behavior is vastly different than the other animals when it’s not. We’re more social than other animals, but we have the same instincts and base behaviors. After all, we are animals.
Would?
Remember, food insecurity Is a feature of capatilism and is designed to make people compliant, can’t revolt if they can’t eat.
Well, it’s a feature of violent power structure, which shows up in more than just capitalist cultures.
