This estate is possibly responsible for extirpating the montagu’s harrier from the UK, being linked to the death of England’s last breeding female.
A lot of these deaths are specifically raptors that were targeted, which… really fucking sucks. It’s absolutely infuriating that wealthy powerful people can get away with treating wildlife like this- even protected wildlife!
hedonism is good actually rich people just suck at it
i think not only do we have a moral obligation to preserve human life but also a moral obligation to maximize the pleasure of others and ourselves (provided it doesn’t hurt anyone)
people don’t just deserve to eat food, they deserve to eat good food that tastes good without worrying about nutritional content
people don’t just deserve clothes, they deserve nice clothes that are well made and fit their personal style
people don’t just deserve the bare minimum, they don’t just deserve to be alive, they deserve to live and have nice things for no other reason than making that particular person happy
Wait, did people think I was just saying it as a meme and not literally pointing out “this is just that specific thing from Buddhism everyone thinks is equivalent to Christian sainthood”??????
It’s called “environmental amnesia” and it’s an actual issue environmentalists discuss how to combat. The climate crisis makes it more widespread but it’s been something that’s happening for generations. The story of The Lorax describes it beautifully. The idea that what you remember is what you consider normal, but if the changes happen slowly over generations, you don’t see how large they are because you don’t personally remember them being very different, even if you were told stories about it.
