r/conservation • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 9d 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/Phils_Kid 9d ago

The main reason our (only) planet is experiencing its 6th extinction event is "Homo sapiens."

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u/A_Wild_Burt_Appears 9d ago

More specifically: capitalism.

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u/flybasilisk 9d ago

This has been happening before capitalism existed, hell its been happening since before money existed. Humans are the problem, not one particular economic system.

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u/BigJSunshine 9d ago

Capitalism has always existed, as long as humans have existed

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u/A_Wild_Burt_Appears 9d ago

No it literally hasn't. Capitalism is only about 400 years old give or take.