02-27-2018, 09:02 PM
(02-27-2018, 08:22 PM)Dill Wrote: Lol.
Still, humans in their "natural" community state don't act as do the atomistic self-interested individuals of advanced capitalism, do they? Humans, like baboons and wolves, have rushed to defend their own for thousands of years. And not just parents defending their own children. That self-sacrificial impulse may have been more critical to our species survival than "every man for himself."
The critical factor in Bfine's question is "unarmed." With spears, I think most tribal males will get between that cave bear and their fleeing tribe. (No spears though, maybe no deal.)
Oh, there is no doubt, and reality is not as black and white as I am painting it. To get to the truly nitty gritty detail of it we would have to discuss the relationship one has to the ones in danger. Not just familial relationships can cause that, but a community connection can cause an overriding of the amygdala telling you to get the **** out. Lots of factors go into that.
"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
