Life can survive without having to aggressively consume other life.

I was researching today, if life could survive on other planets without having to hunt and violently consume other life, for energy. Turns out, it can. There are multiple peaceful methods for life to exist without violence.

To name a few: Drawing energy from sunlight (Photosynthesis), gaining energy from chemical reactions, involving inorganic compounds (Chemosyntheses) and Mutualistic relationships, where life and nature share energy that benefits each other.

Life on Earth, at its core, is fundamentally brutal. Yes, there are some peaceful methods for gaining energy here… but the MAIN methods involve hunting and preying on the weak for survival. Don’t even get me started on viruses and disease…

So it is possible another version of earth could exist and sustain complex life with less suffering…