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[–] 133 points 3 years ago (22 children)

Fuck poachers, don't get me wrong, but fucking hell, I wish people had the same kind of energy when it came to billionaires, who are literally responsible for the deaths of millions of humans (by virtue of hoarding so many resources as well as creating and maintaining a system that relies on exploitation and suffering to benefit them and only them).

If only society cared about oppressed and marginalised people as much as it does about cute animals.

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Society doesn't care about cute or endangered animals. The rangers represent a minority.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Society doesn’t care about cure or endangered animals

    That's bullshit.
    I'd agree that not enough people care, but significantly more people care about cute endangered animals than they do marginalised and oppressed human beings.

    It doesn't take a study to see the difference in attitudes and engagement (though studies have been done, feel free to invest your own time looking them up).

    The fact that you've responded to me to focus on the animals but not on the people my comment is actually about is a perfect illustration of my point.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    The fact that you’ve responded to me to focus on the animals but not on the people my comment is actually about is a perfect illustration of my point.

    That's all a narrative you created in your head. Besides, many of the same solutions that would protect endangered species would also protect marginalized people. You're trying to make this into a Trolley Dilemmas for some reason. Who do you think are the ones buying dick powder made form Rhino horns?

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    [–] 86 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    I, for one, fully support this development.

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  • [–] 65 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    We could reduce the numbers of Nazis like this as well. All in favour?

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    [–] 40 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I did not expect so many upvoted poacher sympathizers in this thread. I am disappointed.

    Poachers aren’t poor. They make assloads of money off their illegitimate trade. They have plenty of skills that could be put to profitable use elsewhere. They simply choose poaching because it is more profitable.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    If we don’t protect the planet, it will kill us.

    See: recent orca war.

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    [–] 30 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    I mean, this is not really a solution. Poachers don't do what they do because they're greedy and hate animals, they do it because they're poor and have often no other choice but to risk their lives to make a living, and they are probably getting something like 10$ per rhino horn. This is a systematic problem perpetually reinforced by the actual people we should be shooting: the millionaires who hire the poachers. They are the ones destroying the environment, exploiting animals and people and reselling those same rhino horns for ridiculous amounts of money on the black market.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    Begun, the rhino wars have

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, the Hogwarts Legacy approach

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Average Hogwarts student: Charms homework is so difficult, but later we're going to prank that annoying ravenclaw by putting slugs in his hat lol.

    HL Protagonist: If I can group these goblins and dark wizards together, I can kill a dozen of them with a single killing curse. Excellent!

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Poacher poachers poaching the poachers?

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (33 children)

    Poverty hardly justifies crime. It is a cause not a justification. They are still poachers doing illegal hunting for protected animal on protected land. Also poaching is rather lucrative, even if the government raises income 200% poaching will still stand out.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    yeah no if I can feed my starving family by killing some animal I would take that in a heartbeat. In contrast, if I can work in a factory and make enough to live decently I'm not going into the woods to try and kill something that can kill me back and risking getting into trouble with the law. Have fun in perfect actor land where you live though.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Honestly, this is the biggest thing that sets off my 👁 senses whenever some version of this post goes around. It squicks me out in the same way as the "Somali pirates OWNED" genre of content that was popular a while back. Stuff that encourages and socially conditions us us to cheer the killing of people who's have been brought to this point by hostile economic conditions.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    This would become my full-time job if I ever became independently wealthy.

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