Yep. And not just our system - it’s inherent to life itself. After all, other animals hoard food, too. If we just “let nature run its course” things will never change - we need to be proactive in building systems that work differently.
Preferably not. That wouldn’t be dismantling hierarchies, even if most humans were on top. We’d still be enacting violence against the “others” in order to enrich ourselves.
We are mycelia networks with legs. Seek the most effective source of food for your local cluster, procreate, and eliminate all threats to achieve those ends. That is the base code of our function. We invented the rest in our over achieving pattern recognition brains.
I understand that, these are dark times. But people have made progress during even darker times than these, so we shouldn’t give up on a better world now.
This is the violence inherent in the system.
Yep. And not just our system - it’s inherent to life itself. After all, other animals hoard food, too. If we just “let nature run its course” things will never change - we need to be proactive in building systems that work differently.
Dude, other animals are food.
Preferably not. That wouldn’t be dismantling hierarchies, even if most humans were on top. We’d still be enacting violence against the “others” in order to enrich ourselves.
What a stupid world.
We are mycelia networks with legs. Seek the most effective source of food for your local cluster, procreate, and eliminate all threats to achieve those ends. That is the base code of our function. We invented the rest in our over achieving pattern recognition brains.
Yeah. Life is an accident, and not always a pretty one.
Fortunately it seems we have the power to change ourselves. It isn’t easy, but it is possible.
Doesn’t seem worth it
It does to me, I suppose that’s where everyone’s different.
If we stop believing in the possibility of a better world, it will never come to pass.
I’ve been disappointed by humans too many times to believe a better world is possible anymore.
I understand that, these are dark times. But people have made progress during even darker times than these, so we shouldn’t give up on a better world now.
I have enough Sisyphean tasks in my life to start trying to make this species slightly less terrible.
Besides it’s too late anyway.
Apathetic bloody planet. I’ve no sympathy at all.