It does actually, because it implies it fought and lost that battle the first time. Now, with L-amino life everywhere it would have an even bigger starting pro

It does actually, because it implies it fought and lost that battle the first time. Now, with L-amino life everywhere it would have an even bigger starting problem. We see this with extremophiles: organisms which can grow in nuclear cooling ponds full extremely badly when transplanted to nutrient rich environments with other, less capable organisms.