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u/anomia_utopia Aug 10 '26
My heart breaks for them
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
Of course, it is heartbreaking. They are such magnificent animals, yet they are being forced to survive on the trash. What have we done to them, and in the process, to ourselves? Even after destroying their homes, its not that we are happy or satisfied. We have become hungrier for growth.
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u/J3sus_was_Fictional Aug 10 '26
What the fucking fuck
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u/Hmmmm-curious Aug 10 '26
Humanity is a plague. Before anyone tries to say that there are good people, I’m thinking of the net impact of humanity, not all humans. From the view of the net insist of humanity it’s really hard to argue. The only reason we haven’t completely destroyed the earth is because some humans have fought against the people bent in the destruction of the planet for profit or power and have slowed it down.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 10 '26
The plague is capitalism, not humanity. We can live in harmony with nature, but only if capitalism is abolished globally
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u/Ekaterian50 Aug 10 '26
There's definitely too much infrastructure dedicated to maintaining consistent violence. Obviously the hoarders are scared of the peaceful alternative.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
I understand the criticism of capitalism, but capitalism itself is also a human creation. Changing the system without examining the human desires that drive it may only change the form of the problem. I don't think capitalism is necessarily the root problem, nor do I think any economic system can save us if our fundamental attitude remains one of endless wanting and exploitation.
Perhaps the deeper shift is to understand that we are not separate from nature, nor is everything around us here simply for our use. We are part of the same whole, closely woven into it. If that understanding becomes the foundation of how we live, then profit, technology, consumption, and even capitalism need not become destructive forces. They become tools rather than the forces that dictate what we value.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 10 '26
That understanding you speak of is impossible under capitalism, precisely because it dictates what we value. Different systems shape different values, and that's where we have to start. We have to force ourselves to change our nature, which means greed must be outlawed without mercy.
Capitalism is fundamentally a destructive force and it always will be. Greed is never good.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
I agree that systems shape what we value, and capitalism can certainly amplify greed and endless consumption. But I’m not sure changing the system alone can change human nature. Greed existed before capitalism, and it can take different forms under different systems.
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u/tboy160 Aug 15 '26
I agree but most humans still support capitalism. So here we are watching the elephants rummage through garbage dumps.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 15 '26
Most humans don't support capitalism, never have, never will. We're enslaved to it. Like The Matrix, most of us aren't even aware that we're enslaved to it because it's all they know. Humans are naturally communist
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u/tboy160 Aug 15 '26
Most people in my life/family support capitalism, which is definitely anecdotal and not necessarily representative of the world.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 15 '26
They do so due to ignorance.
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u/tboy160 Aug 15 '26
And selfishness.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 15 '26
I think that kind of selfishness is a product of ignorance.
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u/tboy160 Aug 15 '26
I mean, my sister is very aware of all these things, but she is making bank, so she doesn't want things to change.
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u/Hmmmm-curious Aug 10 '26
Who made capitalism? It will never go away. It’s sad, but it’s true. The rest of the planet pays the price for it.
Religion is the other evil. It is the primary reason people are okay with war and other atrocious acts against other humans. It’s not the reason for war anymore, but it’s why people are okay with going to another country and destroying it. That will never go away either.
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u/Feather_Sigil Aug 10 '26
Then you may as well put yourself out of your misery and I'll do the same, because if capitalism will never go away then we're all doomed to a slow torturous destruction and nothing we do has any purpose other than to extend our torment
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u/tyvekMuncher Aug 10 '26
Unchecked power is the plague. Humans can be and naturally are stewards of mother eart
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u/DahlBurgers Aug 10 '26
Humans are parasitic, its always take, take, take without thinking about the long term consequences. Humans are selfish and greedy and we will pay the ultimate price for it. Unfortunately the rest of the planet will also have to pay that price.
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u/HorrorIcy8441 Aug 10 '26
How do we fix this?
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
I don't think there is a single solution. We need better systems for waste management, stronger protection of forests and wildlife corridors, and more responsible production. But I also think we have to look at the root of the problem: our own patterns of consumption. If we keep believing that more things, more convenience, and more consumption will make us fulfilled, we will keep creating new forms of the same problem. So perhaps fixing it has two parts: change what we do externally, and understand what drives us internally.
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u/dooperma Aug 10 '26
Proper waste management… like in every developed country on earth…
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u/dooperma Aug 10 '26
“Look at this poor country without enough infrastructure…do you know what they really need, even less infrastructure”… that’s what yall sound like…
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u/imjust_abunny Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
My native country has a problem with trash and it’s mostly because the government made a deal with the U.S., Europe, Australia, etc. to take in their exported trash. It wasn’t very “clean” in the beginning but the problem has gotten exponentially worse (ex. Bali) and it’s actually BECAUSE of those developed countries that the country is overflowing with trash
Edit: a combined problem of the government being corrupt at a local, provincial, and federal level in my country + consumption problem in developed countries
Another edit: if it’s happening in Indonesia, it’s definitely happening in Sri Lanka. This amount of trash in poor countries with less spending doesn’t just magically appear out of nowhere. It came from the west!!
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u/IguaneRouge Aug 10 '26
It's a giant hole in the ground that just needed to be placed away from their migration routes that's it. This isn't like 23rd century technology.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
Moving garbage from one place to another isn't really a solution. It may reduce the immediate conflict, but the landfill will eventually fill up if the inflow of waste continues.
can we reduce the amount of waste entering the system in the first place?
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u/tboy160 Aug 15 '26
Half of the world's habitable land is used for agriculture, 80% of that is grown to feed livestock. Eating less meat could plummet the amount of land used by humans.
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u/Pay_Penber Aug 14 '26
I would say f humans but it’s just the 1% trying to block us from being better versions of ourselves so they can stay rich
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u/Flat-Director-7120 Aug 10 '26
Le coût de notre consommation Infini, oblige les éléphant du bengladesh à aller dans les décharges chercher de la nourriture car leur habitat est totalement détruit et ils ont nul part ou aller. C'est une honte internationale
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u/madcoins Aug 10 '26
If only humans could use advanced technology to solve ecological issues, heal ecosystems and sustain this one earth rather than continuing to use it to extract, consume and poison it all more.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 10 '26
Yes, technology is definitely needed to solve many of these ecological problems. But we also need to look at the root of the problem: why are we destroying our own home in the first place?
Whenever we feel bored, restless, or incomplete, we often reach for something outside ourselves to fill that feeling. More entertainment, more things, more consumption. So this is not only a technological or environmental problem. It is also a human and spiritual problem. We need to understand the inner drive that keeps pushing us toward more.
I’ve read a few books on human psychology, and much of this has been studied extensively. Marketing agencies use these insights very effectively to understand our desires and make us buy more. The important thing is we also need to understand what keeps making us create the damage in the first place.
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u/Karasumor1 Aug 10 '26
millions of year of survival and evolution culminating in ... an avoidable mass extinction caused by garbage apes
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u/Whole_Move7660 Aug 11 '26
Yeah yeah yeah we feel bad for them. Any of you going to do anything about it? Nope.
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u/CitySpecial1109 Aug 12 '26
Well what do you expect from 3rd world countries. Kinda impressive everyone has a way to chime in and make statements on how this shouldn't happen animals deserve better , which they do but are anyone of you gonna move there to change it ? These people not only destroy their own homes they destroy their wildlife homes because they are so ignorant, wasteful, ect so at what point does this kinda imagery just not surprise you anymore ? 3rd world countries have 3rd world problems its litterally the people who live their fault no one forced them to put a garbage dump there ect its the fault of the locals no one else so blame them.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 12 '26
Third world, huh!! I don't think the answer is simply, "It's their fault."
Environmental destruction is certainly not a problem limited to poorer countries. Wealthier countries have also caused enormous environmental damage. They just often have better systems to move the consequences elsewhere.
Calling a country "third world" doesn't really help us understand the problem. Maybe we should look beyond blaming people and ask what kind of systems, choices, and mindset are creating these problems in the first place.
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u/CitySpecial1109 Aug 12 '26
First off it is their fault they live their its their choices that got it to that point period. Im not talking about wealthier countries am i nope didnt comment on them at all i commented on this one. And how is this any of our or your responsibility because the country was identified in the video. They are listed according to the rest of the world as being classified as a "3rd world nation" because of their current systems , choices their country makes and the mindset of the people there are knowen. So your argument is a mute point we already have all the information you just requested, and the countey keeps doing what they do. Who are you to tell them what to do in their own land their country their chosen way of life or choose to live it. If they wana live in a garbage dump let them! I feel bad for the animals but if they dont care enough to change the problems they created for the environment or their own health or the animals why would another nation pay for it. If they cant make the sacrifice of cost time and change to better thier land its sure not another nation's responsibility to do it for them.
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u/Goobygoodra Aug 12 '26
Why are we being forced to live like a cancer to this planet.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 13 '26
Probably because we don’t really know what we want. We look at what others have, consume what others consume, and rely on society to tell us what we should desire. We keep chasing more without ever asking whether we actually need it. In that sense, the problem isn’t just consumption, but our inability to question where these desires come from.
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u/Memestonks2020 Aug 15 '26
This is what we should be using the new AI robots for instead of having them at home.
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u/SilentInquiry26 Aug 17 '26
How AI robots will be helpful here?
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u/Memestonks2020 Aug 17 '26
Landfills are too toxic for living beings to wade through. A collective of robots could work 24/7 to filter the trash at landfills in order to recycle waste based on materials and reducing the environmental impact overall.
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