Rob Roy
Well-Known Member
No, human nature is simple as I have said before, we are a predatory species, we take, we take advantage of, we exploit and we dominate. That is how we got to be the uber species. We don't go along to get along, we don't respect one another's "rights" unless we are forced to do so, and even then we will find ways to get around it.
the people who initiate agression are most often the people who are successful. I have always gotten a kick over the hidden meaning of "the meek shall inherit the earth", in other words the earth will be given to the meeks after it has been taken by someone who is not meek.
I do not disagree with your ideology, I think it is wonderful. I also think communism is wonderful and I think peaceful coexistence with all of my neighbors is marvelous. I also know it is a dream and that every peaceful culture in the world is eventually taken advantage of, overcome, consumed, absorbed or simply destroyed.
I know as well that what you are looking for is stasis and that mankind and stasis do not get along. there is no such thing as "live and let live" so long as there are two people on the earth. There will always be a dominant and a subservient position and the dominant one will take advantage of the other. That, is human nature and it is not swayed by benevolent self interest because that requires conscious reasoning and mankind doesn't do much of that.
Communism is only wonderful if ALL the people participating are there by their consent. The freedom to associate should include the freedom to disassociate.
Thank you for recognizing that peaceful interactions are good.