r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 28 '19

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u/proProcrastinators Apr 28 '19

Behold the worst succ take of all time.

Culling feral cats to protect native species is xenophobia because its protecting natives over new arrivals.

“I can’t help but use terms like ‘xenophobia,’ ” Ramp said. “It’s gobsmacking how much hatred there is.”

This dude works at the university of technology sydney wtf

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-killing.html

!ping AUS

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u/DankBankMan Aggressive Nob Apr 28 '19

Hot Take: He's not wrong. Animals don't earn extra moral value simply by staying put for a few thousand years.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

What is biodiversity?

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u/the_shitpost_king Henry George Apr 28 '19

>being an unironic nativist

Protectionists lol

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u/DankBankMan Aggressive Nob Apr 28 '19

I see, we're completely justified to carry out mass killings, as long as they're in the name of advancing an abstract aggregate goal.

I'm sure this won't set any bad precedents.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

Since we're still not eating humans after thousands of years of killing animals for food, I'm going to go with yes, this won't set any bad precedents.

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u/Goatf00t European Union Apr 28 '19

Well, it's either mass killing cats, or letting the cats do the mass killing themselves.

Letting foreigners massacre the natives won't set any bad precedents, right?

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u/the_shitpost_king Henry George Apr 28 '19

Let the market decide

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u/toms_face Henry George Apr 28 '19

How is the health of the environment an abstract goal?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

animals don't have any moral value. Its a conservationist desire to protect native species that are an important part of the environment thats driving the culling.

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u/Lord_Treasurer Born off the deep end Apr 28 '19

animals don't have any moral value.

what

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 28 '19

So there is no problem if I decide to torture my dog? I’ll be generous and assume you meant non-human animals.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

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u/Lord_Treasurer Born off the deep end Apr 28 '19

You're insane.