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The flaw in this thinking is that massive destruction and extinction is one of the ways natural systems maintain themselves.
The earth has never been in homeostasis, 99.9% of species are extinct, and the planet is a lot more likely to survive than humans are.
our conduct is perfectly natural and playing out a lot faster than most natural systems that take millions of years to extinct a species sometimes
Apologies for poetic license in the name of brevity.
The problem with your thinking is that you thought I used the term homeostasis as if it meant unchanging, rather than the dynamic rebalancing that keeps a system viable. The system being the ecosphere.
My point exactly. The planet is a rock. The ecosphere is a complex system that is in deep, deep trouble. It's only a problem if you value humanity and the flora and fauna that nurtured us into existance. It seems you don't.