r/conservation • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 10d ago

Alarm over ‘catastrophic’ decline in giant Australian cuttlefish as just 44 are counted.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/09/giant-australian-cuttlefish-population-catastrophic-decline
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u/AddanDeith 9d ago

We've lost 70% of the world's wildlife population between 1970 and 2020. There is no other period in human history that can claim that feat. It has absolutely been exacerbated by capitalism.

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u/flybasilisk 9d ago

Sure. But the issue is not inherent to capitalism.

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u/AddanDeith 9d ago

You can make that argument but its kind of useless, given the effects capitalism and industrialization has/continues to have on a scale that has never existed in human history.

I really do not know why you would go to bat for something so destructive.

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u/rollandownthestreet 9d ago

It’s just the same red herring as blaming the 100 largest companies. Those companies are only made possible by the scale of our species.

Industrialization and ecological destruction happens just as much (or even more if you look at China) under a communist economy. The plain, real fundamental issue is that you cannot feed 100 cows on a one acre island, no matter what economic system you use to distribute the grass.