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Wed Oct-12-11 10:57 AM
Response to Reply #5 |
| 27. Limited population is a benefit of tribalism. nt |
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Edited on Wed Oct-12-11 10:58 AM by greyl
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| -Human beings are not ready to run the world |
Cyrano |
Oct-12-11 08:19 AM |
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I agree and yet humanity continues to reproduce and multiply endlessly. n/t |
Shagbark Hickory |
Oct-12-11 08:22 AM |
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Yes. Tragic, isn't it? n/t |
queenjane |
Oct-12-11 08:26 AM |
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and our FAILS will get bigger and worse |
stuntcat |
Oct-12-11 08:52 AM |
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I have nothing to add except to agree with you |
NV Whino |
Oct-12-11 08:26 AM |
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Your premise is not true. |
RevStPatrick |
Oct-12-11 08:27 AM |
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Tribalism worked fine with a limited population. |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-12-11 08:31 AM |
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Why are you assuming tribalism = primitive? |
RevStPatrick |
Oct-12-11 10:43 AM |
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I'm not positing that "tribal" equals "primitive" |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-12-11 01:52 PM |
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Limited population is a benefit of tribalism. nt |
greyl |
Oct-12-11 10:57 AM |
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But to get there these days you have to start small... |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-12-11 01:53 PM |
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Agree with you about capitalism, disagree about state of humanity. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 08:44 AM |
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You're Starrier than I. |
Dogtown |
Oct-12-11 08:57 AM |
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What else does this system, capitalism, reward? |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 09:24 AM |
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Those of us *not* sociopaths |
Dogtown |
Oct-12-11 09:56 AM |
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Don't have the drive, or are we locked out of deciding the course of our lives? |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 10:05 AM |
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I believe we are of an age. |
Dogtown |
Oct-12-11 10:28 AM |
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What can I say? |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 10:43 AM |
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Same to you. |
Dogtown |
Oct-12-11 10:55 AM |
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The Neaderthals were quite sophisticated. |
hunter |
Oct-12-11 11:41 AM |
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The key word here is "tribe" |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-12-11 09:07 AM |
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I use tribe as a specific type of social order. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 09:32 AM |
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If we as a species could figure out how to stop |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-12-11 02:02 PM |
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Behavior scientists have shown that our "nature" is a product of our environment. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-12-11 02:44 PM |
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The problem with evolutionary change is that it's slow |
StandingInLeftField |
Oct-13-11 06:38 AM |
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I disagree. |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-13-11 07:56 AM |
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Which do you want, to run the world or a civilization? |
The2ndWheel |
Oct-12-11 08:45 AM |
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Shouldn't be. |
Dogtown |
Oct-12-11 09:00 AM |
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Agree that humans are not ready to stabilize their population. |
azul |
Oct-12-11 09:05 AM |
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Anarchy and communism haven't existed. |
DireStrike |
Oct-12-11 09:05 AM |
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All we have to do is rid our World of The Current Baggers and GOPers |
opihimoimoi |
Oct-12-11 09:20 AM |
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We shouldn't want to run the world, but live harmony with it. That's the problem. |
Avalux |
Oct-12-11 09:21 AM |
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Caretaker isn't a good word for it either |
The2ndWheel |
Oct-12-11 10:36 AM |
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Hunters and gatherers... |
randome |
Oct-12-11 10:40 AM |
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We'll make great pets |
NightWatcher |
Oct-12-11 10:05 AM |
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My kitty was convinced that we WERE his pets. |
anneboleyn |
Oct-12-11 08:41 PM |
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I completely agree |
get the red out |
Oct-12-11 10:26 AM |
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I have a different view |
FreeJoe |
Oct-12-11 12:11 PM |
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All civilizations end. Some by falling, others by becoming a different one. |
Taverner |
Oct-12-11 12:20 PM |
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India, murdered by British colonialism. Colonialism has destroyed some civilizations as well... |
anneboleyn |
Oct-12-11 08:46 PM |
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And the Brits didn't understand why India was unhappy being part of the Raj |
Taverner |
Oct-12-11 09:06 PM |
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Total fail |
Confusious |
Oct-12-11 08:32 PM |
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The way things are going, we humans are about to disappear. |
Amonester |
Oct-12-11 09:31 PM |
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Turn it over to the fish RIGHT FUCKING NOW. |
pintobean |
Oct-13-11 08:00 AM |
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