Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
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People love to call life a blessing. They romanticize nature. They speak of existence like it's sacred. But reality doesn't care what we call it—it just keeps grinding.
In the wild, most new lives are over before they begin.
This isn't the "circle of life." It's a meat grinder. Nature is a numbers game where agony is the rule, and survival is the fluke. It's mass production of life to fuel mass suffering and death.
And humans? We're not exempt. We suffer mentally, emotionally, physically—often from the day we're born. We exist in a world that breaks people. Some find moments of joy. Some are born into privilege or comfort. But let's be honest: that's the minority.
So why do we let the perspective of a privileged few define the value of existence?
Why is the narrative of "life is beautiful" allowed to dominate when the vast majority—not just of humans, but of all sentient beings—live and die in misery? When billions are born into suffering with no real hope of escape?
It is immoral to let the fleeting happiness of a few outweigh the immense, ceaseless pain endured by the many.
This universe is not a miracle. It's a massacre. And pretending otherwise is not optimism—it's complicity.
In the wild, most new lives are over before they begin.
- Sea turtles? Only 1 in 1,000 hatchlings make it to adulthood. The rest are torn apart or left to rot.
- Frogs and fish? Mortality over 99%. Eggs become food. Larvae die en masse.
- Songbirds? 70–80% of chicks never make it.
- Rodents? 80%+ of young are dead within weeks.
- Deer fawns? 30–70% killed by predators, cold, or hunger.
- Zebra calves? 30–50% don't survive their first year—hunted, lost, or trampled.
This isn't the "circle of life." It's a meat grinder. Nature is a numbers game where agony is the rule, and survival is the fluke. It's mass production of life to fuel mass suffering and death.
And humans? We're not exempt. We suffer mentally, emotionally, physically—often from the day we're born. We exist in a world that breaks people. Some find moments of joy. Some are born into privilege or comfort. But let's be honest: that's the minority.
So why do we let the perspective of a privileged few define the value of existence?
Why is the narrative of "life is beautiful" allowed to dominate when the vast majority—not just of humans, but of all sentient beings—live and die in misery? When billions are born into suffering with no real hope of escape?
It is immoral to let the fleeting happiness of a few outweigh the immense, ceaseless pain endured by the many.
This universe is not a miracle. It's a massacre. And pretending otherwise is not optimism—it's complicity.
