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I sincerely believe that people would rather humans die than animals. Its really bizarre and should be studied. Is that people see other people as a competition

I sincerely believe that people would rather humans die than animals. Its really bizarre and should be studied. Is that people see other people as a competition for resources? It's really fascinating the stir over the death(or murder) of 1 animal vs death(or murder) of hundreds or even thousands of people per day.

akilism 11y ago
I know what you mean but it really on extends to certain animals and only at certain times and only in certain cultures. I think human life in general is held in higher regard than animal life by the majority of the humans on the planet if you really stop and think about it.
fredkbloggs 11y ago
Objectively, lions and other apex predators do a lot of good in maintaining species population balance in their respective ecosystems. And, objectively, humans are extremely destructive forces, both to every ecosystem into which they've expanded their range and to each other through excessive population density, wars, oppression, loss of frontier, and in many other ways. This is simply another form of ecosystem imbalance; we kill lions, we use medicine to encourage unfit humans to survive and reproduce and intensive agriculture to produce many times more food than could be grown using natural methods. The effect is the same as with any other predator-prey imbalance: the prey animal populations expand far beyond the ecosystem's carrying capacity, leading to stress, disease, weakness, starvation, and numerous other ills among the prey population. Eventually the prey population is reduced dramatically as nature kills off huge numbers of unfit animals. You're welcome to call me callous, but I choose not to cry for humans, African or otherwise.
- badmadrad 11y ago
  I don't think you are alone in your perspective. But I do cry for humans. There is nothing more powerful that I know of then the human brain. The potential for humans to do destructive things is great but so is the potential to do incredibly positive things. I mourn that lost potential.
- steego 11y ago
  > You're welcome to call me callous, but I choose not to cry for humans, African or otherwise. Thank you. You're insipidly callous.
forgottenpass 11y ago
Is that people see other people as a competition for resources? People are more socially capable than that, so I wouldn't look to such a base motivation first. Especially for people who don't deal with the scarcity of resources in day to day life. In general people are just taught to hate eachother. Whether it's the countrymen of a foreign land when our government is mad at their government; or our next door neighbors that don't share the rigid political ideological of our favorite bloggers. We are taught to hate every single day.
ilaksh 11y ago
As far as humans vs. animals, its all part of the whole elite/Malthusian belief system that values only some people and regards most lower classes as little more than animals. Its sort of a 60s eco-warrior wildlife management mentality applied to human population. That belief system is missing the reality of the similarity between individuals in different classes, the current trends which seem to actually aim toward inverted population movement, massive resource efficiency improvements possible with better application of technology to society, and the inherent value of human life vs. lower life (see ideas like the noosphere).

akilism 11y ago

I know what you mean but it really on extends to certain animals and only at certain times and only in certain cultures. I think human life in general is held in higher regard than animal life by the majority of the humans on the planet if you really stop and think about it.

fredkbloggs 11y ago

Objectively, lions and other apex predators do a lot of good in maintaining species population balance in their respective ecosystems. And, objectively, humans are extremely destructive forces, both to every ecosystem into which they've expanded their range and to each other through excessive population density, wars, oppression, loss of frontier, and in many other ways. This is simply another form of ecosystem imbalance; we kill lions, we use medicine to encourage unfit humans to survive and reproduce and intensive agriculture to produce many times more food than could be grown using natural methods. The effect is the same as with any other predator-prey imbalance: the prey animal populations expand far beyond the ecosystem's carrying capacity, leading to stress, disease, weakness, starvation, and numerous other ills among the prey population. Eventually the prey population is reduced dramatically as nature kills off huge numbers of unfit animals. You're welcome to call me callous, but I choose not to cry for humans, African or otherwise.

badmadrad 11y ago
I don't think you are alone in your perspective. But I do cry for humans. There is nothing more powerful that I know of then the human brain. The potential for humans to do destructive things is great but so is the potential to do incredibly positive things. I mourn that lost potential.
steego 11y ago
> You're welcome to call me callous, but I choose not to cry for humans, African or otherwise. Thank you. You're insipidly callous.

forgottenpass 11y ago

Is that people see other people as a competition for resources? People are more socially capable than that, so I wouldn't look to such a base motivation first. Especially for people who don't deal with the scarcity of resources in day to day life. In general people are just taught to hate eachother. Whether it's the countrymen of a foreign land when our government is mad at their government; or our next door neighbors that don't share the rigid political ideological of our favorite bloggers. We are taught to hate every single day.

ilaksh 11y ago

As far as humans vs. animals, its all part of the whole elite/Malthusian belief system that values only some people and regards most lower classes as little more than animals. Its sort of a 60s eco-warrior wildlife management mentality applied to human population. That belief system is missing the reality of the similarity between individuals in different classes, the current trends which seem to actually aim toward inverted population movement, massive resource efficiency improvements possible with better application of technology to society, and the inherent value of human life vs. lower life (see ideas like the noosphere).