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Jules Morrison's avatar

I think you're being a little naive, seeing a list created by a political process and wondering "why so much politics". Everything the government does is political. Conservation is not the purpose, conservation is the product. The green lobby are the customers, and the coin is influence. Are the greens buying whales today? Tough luck for the snail darters.

Scientists motivated by pure conservation might exert influence on the process, but their priorities are not its priorities.

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Phil: Thought about that too. To the extent that "compared to unlisted species that are otherwise similar except for listing status" is actually correct, the objection is invalid.

So the question becomes, to what extent is that bit is actually correct?

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