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istara · 3838 days ago · link · · parent · post: The relatively unknown megafauna tragedy and its relevance today
They have wonderful models of Australian megafauna in museums here, imagine elephant-sized kangaroos with the faces of massive koalas. It's a controversial subject because there are theories that Aboriginals wiped them out which does not fit the current "gentle, environmentally-consciousl custodians of the land" image.
The idea that natives were "Gentle savages" is dead wrong. They, just like ancient humanity, modern humanity, and future humanity, were greedy, capitalistic, irrational, groups that go around taking what they want through force and destroying the lands around them in the process. And that's the way we like it!