▲ 521 ▼ ‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by RubberDuck@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) We really need ro stop thinking of bees as cute bugs and understand that they are livestock. "Hey, we are lifting the ban on spraying cattle-poison from the air," sounds much more crazy. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 weeks ago The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc). permalink fedilink source parent [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago Because we treat livestock so well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 weeks ago The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 weeks ago The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 weeks ago The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 point 3 weeks ago The trouble is negative externalities don't have a part in that thinking. You need enforced legislation to concert the gap, and that's been on the decline for decades (e.g. enabling monopolies, weakened environmental laws, regressive taxation, etc, etc). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago Because we treat livestock so well permalink fedilink source parent