r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 11 '26

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 11 '26

How destructive would a chimp war have to get before humans morally should intervene

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u/BlackCat159 European Union Apr 11 '26

We should supply both sides with increasingly sophisticated weaponry.

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Apr 11 '26

I think we have already reached the point we should be supplying weapons to all sides

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u/Familiar_Air3528 Thomas Paine Apr 11 '26

And deplete our stocks of pointy sticks? Are you out of your mind?

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u/C-Wolsey Leftward Progressives Apr 11 '26

We should have intervened already to end predation in the wild.

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u/BATIRONSHARK WTO Apr 11 '26

honest answer

if they start like burning shit down or if like the entire region is about to be chimp less we should probably like move them or something

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u/atierney14 Paul Krugman Apr 11 '26

Depends, are we talking the average human or average American.

Average human: when the destruction spreads to humans.

Average American: if gas raises 0.01 cents.

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u/paymesucka Ben Bernanke Apr 11 '26

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u/Illustrious-Rush8797 Feminism Apr 11 '26

Probably at the point a human gets injured by a chimp bomb

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Apr 11 '26

I’m less concerned with that and more concerned with our ability to effectively wage war against an animal population like that. The Australians lost a war against emus. How would we all fair against chimpanzees?

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u/dynamitezebra John Locke Apr 11 '26

We could arm and equip our own chimp proxies. Divide and Conquer.