Interesting Graham. Being in the left wing myself (although I do not believe communism will eve exist in colonies containing more than 200 persons)
I see the "right shifters" as the 'I've got mine now screw the rest of you'.
I think the Nation States evolved because Homo sapiens are basically a herding animal. We tend to gather into rather large herds. Being capable of abstract thought (and therefor abstract behavior) we NEED rules to live by. What we don't need are greed and prejudice, which unfortunately are aspects of the nature of Homo sapiens.
Which is one of the reasons I so admire the Family Felidae, As a species they are far more beautiful than us hominids. Within a genus they don't discriminate on cosmetic appearances, they are content with what they have, they are willing to share if they have an abundance [anyone who has shared their living quarters with a Felis cattus has been gifted with a dead mammal or bird or parts of such}
So, maybe we should pay more attention to trying to 'get along' than 'get more'.
Interesting Graham. Being in the left wing myself (although I do not believe communism will eve exist in colonies containing more than 200 persons)
I see the "right shifters" as the 'I've got mine now screw the rest of you'.
I think the Nation States evolved because Homo sapiens are basically a herding animal. We tend to gather into rather large herds. Being capable of abstract thought (and therefor abstract behavior) we NEED rules to live by. What we don't need are greed and prejudice, which unfortunately are aspects of the nature of Homo sapiens.
Which is one of the reasons I so admire the Family Felidae, As a species they are far more beautiful than us hominids. Within a genus they don't discriminate on cosmetic appearances, they are content with what they have, they are willing to share if they have an abundance [anyone who has shared their living quarters with a Felis cattus has been gifted with a dead mammal or bird or parts of such}
So, maybe we should pay more attention to trying to 'get along' than 'get more'.