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‘Our democracy is run by two private clubs’: can a pro-hunting Democrat lead a blue wave in Iowa?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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I see you are resistant to processing this very simple fact, but it's okay, I can break it down for you.
There are 2.7 million tonnes of raw white-tailed deer. There are 390 million tonnes of humanity across 8.3 billion individuals. Lets generously assume every fucking gram of those deer are edible and yield about 1,500 kcal per kg. That gives humanity food for LESS THAN SIX FUCKING HOURS.
You just wiped out every white-tailed deer. A couple hours after that, you've wiped out every deer on Earth.
Now what the fuck do we do? Deer make up one fifth to one quarter of all wild land mammal biomass, and you just ate it in a fucking afternoon. Keep eating wild animals and there are ZERO wild animals left at the end of the next day. Do the fucking math.
Why don't you read the original comment again and decide whether you want to respond to THAT, or if you are going to respond to the voices in your head a second time.