Humans are not a virus
Humans are a keystone species, not inherently parasitic or evil or destructive, for most of our history we had a very unique & beautiful &beneficial role in the ecosystem of this planet, we acted an ecological knowledge reservoir, learning, preserving & accumulating knowledge, & using that deep knowledge of the land to form very beneficial & mutual relationships with the land, many experts think that the average paleolithic human actually had more knowledge accumulated than the average person in modern civilization
We used this knowledge to form a deeply symbiotic/mutual beneficiary relationship with other life forms, for example spreading their seeds of the best flowers to attract/help bees, this would also attract many other beneficial pollinators & make flower & pollinator populations more vibrant & healthy, we would clear out competitive plants in order for edible, medicinal & other helpful plants to grow faster, healthier & more often, we would spread the seeds of anti-parasitic plants to prevent parasites from attacking the plants, we even mastered controlled fires which helped clear dead wood & barriers that restricted growth in forests, we acted as “allies” to much of the life in the world, our deep knowledge, memory & constant learning gave us a unique, mutually beneficial & highly beneficial role in all ecosystems, which is why we spread to every continent
When giant ground sloths went extinct humans stepped in to preserve the avocado among other things that relied on the giant to survive, a mutualistic relationship between avocados & humans replaced the one between ground sloths & avocados
For the vast majority of human history, we have been a beneficial part of the ecosystem, this modern consumer society, is just a long term result of the natural mechanisms that limited the bullies & egotistical among us from getting too powerful & influential in hunter gatherer societies just not being effective at challenging bullies in many agricultural communities, while some agricultural communities invented new mechanisms to be challenge bullies & power-seeking people, many did not & eventually this led to kingdoms & empires, which led to colonialism, which led to capitalism, which eventually led to the industrial revolution & modern extractivist & consumer societies & the hell these societies are inflicting upon the planet
