02-27-2018, 07:40 PM
(02-27-2018, 03:00 PM)michaelsean Wrote: There's lots of people who risk their lives for others. I'm not saying Trump would be one of them, but it happens fairly regularly.
For every one that would, there are many more that would not. Biologically speaking, people that run into danger rather than away from aren't going to succeed in passing on their genes to the next generation. Yeah, we have been screwing over Darwinian theory with some technological advances, but that thread still runs deep. This is survival instinct we're talking about, one of the strongest instincts we have. This isn't to say people don't overcome it, but the vast majority aren't going to.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
