ninininino parent
Market economies destroyed the wildlife fauna of North America. It's incredible when you see photographs of what used to exist here.
At least north america has some wild places and animals left. In most of europe there is almost nothing left. We destroyed everything.
Its mostly stuff in the west anyhow. Eastern half of the US is a lot like europe where if there was any ground fit to drag a plow it was plowed. States like Iowa are totally plowed. The idea of the federal government sitting on empty land for recreation is a new thing, really started with yellowstone after the US expanded west of the mississippi. Even yellowstone was almost dammed like the hetch hetchy.
Yes, if I were European I'd be prioritizing the hell out of protecting the remaining Old Growth forest in Europe in the south east, even if it means having the EU fund nature preserves / paying those host governments big bucks to have a ton of rangers there to stop logging.
Go look at parts of China, Russia, North Korea, and Vietnam and compare.
You also might be shocked to find that Native Americans also had a market economy.
How is that relevant? Yes, planned economies do no better on that front, what's your point?
And what do you mean about Native Americans having a market economy? Are you honestly comparing their economic system with ours? Or are you making a bad faith argument in favor of laissez-faire capitalism?
I'm highlighting how silly it is to blame the destruction of North American wildlife on "Market Economies". I think it an incredibly bad take.