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Am I the only one who instantly thought of Mao's Four Pests Campaign? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_
by belzebalex 6y ago
Am I the only one who instantly thought of Mao's Four Pests Campaign?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign
- b0rsuk 6y agoNo, there are two of us. I know mosquitos are pollinators. Their larvae are also very good at cleaning water - they eat algae, plankton, fungi, and other microorganisms. My guess is that if they succeed in collapsing the mosquito population, we will see a meteoric rise of something else.
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoYou're not alone: "Recall Mao's policy to eliminate sparrows caused 50 mil to die of famine." https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1254172926829568007?s=20 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1254172926829568007?s=20