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by soylentnewsorg 1711 days ago
a species is not a thing. it's a concept - a thought. a concept doesn't do anything, because it's thoughts. so a species cannot kill an animal. a species cannot spend millions to protect. because thoughts cannot perform an action, because they're not a thing.

what does happen is a group of people, which is a thing, kills animals to the point of them being rare. then another, opposing group, spends millions to protect those remaining animals.

i'd expect something like this from a reddit post, where I often see, usually on redneck antivax subs i visit for entertainment, things like: reddit is hypocritical. because the redneck is not capable of comprehending that different people, with different opinions and actions both post on the website.

it's so backwards to think that, but such is some people's life.