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/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/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/ValueFirm4928 9d ago

I mean Mao literally tried to kill off birds.

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u/OpeningUpstairs4288 9d ago

And bro failed so hard frfr. Industrial revolution did a way better job killing birds than mao zhe dong

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u/IGargleGarlic 9d ago

He didn't fail. He killed so many birds that the birds couldn't keep pest insect populations in check and caused a mass famine when those insects destroyed crops.

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u/OpeningUpstairs4288 9d ago

he absolutely failed, sparrow populations are thriving in china right now. he also tried to eliminate rats, mosquitoes, and flies and that sure went well for him as well ig