Wouldn't it also be fair to point out that humans are part of the ecosystem, not outside of it? From a purely ecological standpoint, removing us would be just

Wouldn't it also be fair to point out that humans are part of the ecosystem, not outside of it? From a purely ecological standpoint, removing us would be just as disruptive as removing any other dominant species. Like any apex predator, or really, any lifeforms, we're acting in ways that prioritize our own survival and propagation. Whether that's through agriculture, technology, or resource extraction, it's arguably just a continuation of what evolution has selected for in every species: survival, reproduction, expansion. What I mean is that it's easy to moralize human impact as uniquely destructive, but in a systems view, isn’t this just another emergent behavior of a successful species? I wonder if the real issue is less about "humans vs nature" and more about how we can integrate long term thinking into a system that historically rewards short term gains. I suppose evolution will have the last say, as it always does.