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What does that even mean? Locusts are an "integral part of Earth's ecosystem". Of course this seems to be buying into a mystical notion of "ecological balance" rather than the complex, chaotic state of dynamic processes ecosystems actually have...

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In this metaphor, humans are the locusts: incapable or at least unwilling to maintain a state of equilibrium with their ecosystem and consuming all available resources until those resources no longer support the population. The difference is that human behavior is cultural rather than instinctual.

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