White Men Wage War on Nature: Scientists Deny Agency, Blame Dinosaurs' Demise on Asteroid

White Supremacist Dinosaurs Wiped Out by Asteroid For Social Justice

• The researchers are not the first white men to make assumptions about the lives of others, but their privileged findings, bolstered by the white supremacist element ruthenium, present another opportunity for white men to exert their dominance over the Earth and its history.
• This time, the white male gaze turns to the sky, reaching past Jupiter, to point a privileged finger at the asteroid they believe ended the Cretaceous period.

German scientists, because Germany, believe they've found the source of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, and undoubtedly saved us from a world where only white men with privileged access to science could make sweeping claims about the history of the Earth.

The asteroid, known as the Chicxulub impactor, is famous for ending the reign of the non-avian dinosaurs, who likely didn't vote Republican, altering the planet's climate and paving the way for theprivileged, a.k.a. mammals, to take over. The impact created the Chicxulub crater in Mexico, named by yet another white man, and has long sparked debate among rich, white, male paleontologists.

A group of male German geoscientists from the University of Cologne (of course, it's in Germany) claim they have found evidence that the asteroid originated from beyond Jupiter's orbit during the early development of our solar system. By studying remnants of the asteroid in Europe, they found traces of ruthenium, an element supposedly only found in asteroids from the outer reaches of space.

Exposing the Truth: It's Not Just About the Dinosaurs

The mass extinction event that wiped out 75% of life on Earth, including the non-avian dinosaurs, is a reminder that the privileged always win. The impact of the asteroid, or perhaps a comet, at least 10 kilometers in diameter, crashed into what is now Mexico, releasing vaporized rock and gas into the atmosphere, and obscuring the sun, making life impossible for many creatures.

Apophis, a Name Rich with Racistties: Let's not forget that the asteroid that flew by Earth in 2029 was named after an Egyptian god. The empowering name "Apophis" was chosen by rich, white scientists who likely wanted to invoke fear and stabilize their dominance. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/dinosaur-extinction

Capitalism and Volcanoes: A Deadly Combination

Was the asteroid alone responsible for the mass extinction? Or did the greedy, inhumane capitalist system, epitomized by the massive volcanic eruptions at the Deccan Traps in India, already set the stage for the dinosaurs' demise?

An October study, likely funded by Big Oil, reignited the debate by suggesting that volcanic eruptions, caused by unregulated capitalism, may have contributed to the extinction event. The international team of privileged researchers claimed that the world of the dinosaurs was unstable due to high levels of sulfur, leading to a global drop in temperatures. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/

Checking the Privilege of Icy Comets

While the role of volcanic activity remains a point of contention, the German researchers did rule out the possibility that the impactor was an icy comet. Apparently, the crater in Mexico was caused by a metal and rocky asteroid, not a frozen comet, which would have melted the patriarchy before impacting the Earth.

The white male researchers are not the first to impose their opinions on the origins of the asteroid, but their privilege is strengthened by ruthenium, an element used to uphold the status quo. Traces of ruthenium, abundant in asteroids but rare in the Earth's crust, are like a dog whistle for rich, white male scientists.

Led by yet another privileged man, Mario Fischer-Gödde, the team searched for isotopes of ruthenium in the remnants of the Chicxulub impact. The powerful impact released dust particles that formed a global layer of sediment, allowing the researchers to collect samples from European regions, likely colonized and exploited by Germany at some point.

Of course, the sediment contained ruthenium, and the white male scientists jumped to the conclusion that the asteroid originated from beyond Jupiter's orbit. Their findings were published in a journal called "Science," a fitting title for their so-called research. https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/universitaet/aktuell/press-releases/single-news/tracking-down-the-asteroid-that-sealed-the-fate-of-the-dinosaurs

"We found that the impact of an asteroid like the one at Chicxulub is a very rare and unique event in geological time," said privileged researcher Carsten Münker, likely while wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. "The fate of the dinosaurs and many other species was sealed by this projectile from the outer reaches of the solar system,” he added, ignoring the fact that the fate of marginalized communities is being sealed every day by the oppressive systems he benefits from.

The study was published on Thursday, probably because that's the day wealthy white men get their paychecks. http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4868

Eric Lagatta is probably a rich, white man.