the concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system without showing signs of stress.

"Abolishing "civilization" is a heroic act of love for the planet"

Altered billboard in Pittsburgh

People who think that replacing a wild ecosystem (left pic) with a solar plant (right pic) is "good for the environment" are seriously delusional. Solar panels require a global supply chain, (fossil fuel-based) mining and refining of rare-earth minerals, denuding of areas, and regular washing, all of which are extremely ecologically destructive. They also have a relatively short life and become problematic toxic waste afterwards. Humans have existed sustainably for hundreds of thousands of years prior to the advent of civilization and thrived - believe it or not - without any of these 'green' energy technologies. If we wish to survive and thrive again we must return to those ways.

ALF edit (posted on discord so I don't have a link to the original, but there is a watermark, so credit to tadashikeii)

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I guess I don’t get it, the whole need to defend animals in captivity. A part of being a student of ecological science is the acceptance of death and the inevitability of it.

Animals die every day, and this is a good thing. It is good for the soil they rot into, for the beings that graze from their corpses, for the beings that sprout from the soil, for the beings who have one less competitor. Not only do we know all of this to be fundamentally true, but our planet has functioned this way (or similarly) since the dawn of complex life.

Yet, a large portion of pro-government (even though they often claim the opposite), pro-control, pro-animal agriculture types will fight tooth and nail in defense of animal captivity.

Listen, I love my cat. She’s domesticated, so it’s indeed different than animals kept in zoos, but she still lives in captivity. While yes, she is safer here, and has already outlived the life expectancy of an outdoor cat, trying to argue that without the enrichment I provide her that her life is better indoors is so nonsensical.

No. If it were not for my education, care, and level of dedication to her mental wellbeing, my cat would live a much more enjoyable, albeit dangerous, life. As have most non-domesticated animals every day for hundreds of millions of years.

If you think that human exceptionalism is an undeniable fact of life, and that you are a benevolent force saving animals from lives of wild freedom in exchange for a longer lifespan, you are at best a well meaning, delusional ignorant, and at worst a danger to the ecological balance that our planet is quickly losing control of. Yes, you are part of the problem. No, I don’t feel bad for saying so.

Animals living longer in captivity is not an excuse for captivity. While yes, there are organizations that keep animals in captivity AND make sure they are mentally stimulated in the same ways they’d be in the wild (though I’d argue this still doesn’t justify captivity), most do not. When you defend zoos with such a tired argument as, “they live longer,” I just want to remind you that we have undeniable proof that captivity is not healthy for animals. Multiple research journals, peer reviewed and valued by scientists, have come to the same conclusion: captivity is not good for animals.

“parenting” techniques that are taught to parents are designed to make children accept fundamental values of the system and behave in ways that the system finds desirable.

dudes be posting stuff like this from the computer chair they game at 13 hours a day

Today we lost Ted Kaczynski. It's not surprising, we all knew that day was around the corner, considering his diagnosis, but hearing about it still shook me a bit. He was certainly not a flawless person, but his uncompromising devotion to defending the wild against the system of civilisation will forever earn him my respect. We need more people of such powerful character, determination and wit. Rest in power, Uncle Ted 💚

caveman meeting gay couple for the first time: so. which one's the hunter and which one's the gatherer