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      2 months ago

      The White Rhino has survived on this continent for thousands of years, until it was exposed to capitalist exploitation. Ie, the parasitic wealth-and-power accumulation of a tiny minority of the human race.

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          You do understand there was humans in Africa before white colonialists showed up, right?

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            2 months ago

            You do understand that, unlike most wild animals, humans change at a much faster rate, right?

            The point isn’t “humans did this (though admittedly I did throw a little jab in there)”, the point is “drastically changing an environment can have devastating consequences”.