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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/nommabelle on 2024-07-15 23:09:19+00:00.

In a recently shared substack (reddit post for it), the author describes overshoot and collapse of the deer population on the Kaibab Plateau in Arizona. Hunting was banned and their natural predators were removed from the plateau to protect the herd which in turn led to population growth and collapse depicted below. However, noted by the X’s, this overshoot of carrying capacity was not without warning, with the first warning in ~1918, followed by first fawns starving, and more:

Deer population in Kaibab Plateau, AZ and notable events

The substack goes on to describe the warning signs we are seeing in our own society as it advances in (or approaches, if you’re in that camp) collapse, such as (in their lifetime) in 2008 from the financial crisis and 2019 from covid

So, what do you think were significant events, warning signs, or indications of our own approach of overshoot, exceeding the carrying capacity of Earth, and being close to global civilization collapse? If you don’t think we’ve approached overshoot yet, what do you think will be indications of this? Preferably answers address overshoot of global civilization as we’re a global civilization, but if you want to throw in an answer for any other civilization or group, go for it

As the author asserts, “We’re clearly the fucking deer.”