The "ecocide" of Easter Island is a myth (and the real story is darker)

The mainstream narrative of the Rapa Nui—popularized by figures like Jared Diamond—is a "fable of global ecocide" used to blame human nature for systemic failure. In this myth, a "selfish" population overexploited their trees to move stone statues, eventually descending into cannibalism and war. This is a lie designed to glorify the hunter by blaming the lion.




Easter Island (Rapa Nui) figures standing in a treeless landscape, some of them collapsing. Photo by Daniel Alvarez
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