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[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 11 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Some higher being observing Earth from a far distance must be intrigued by the pattern recognition of us destroying one specific car while completely ignoring the thousands of others.

Like, imagine when we look at single-cell organisms and see them swarm something. We’d never apply any kind of nuanced interpersonal/sociopolitical reasons to be the cause.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago

If it works out it could be the template for a lot more action

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The immune system reacting to a threat

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 3 points 16 hours ago

Yea, colonialism/imperialism share a lot of characteristics with parasites.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Same pattern of white blood cells recognizing a pathogen. Search and destroy

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Precisely. Makes you wonder what sociopolitical shit some amoeba are dealing with at the moment lol

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

And we’ve looped into osmosis jones territory.