The Duality of XanComfort should be treated as a human right.
By which I mean everyone should have the right to warm and clean accommodation, sufficient sustenance, and an environment which is pleasant to live in. Those who seek to actively deny anyone these fundamental comforts, whether for the sake of money or by discrimination, is denying what should be basic human rights.
Also appropriate required healthcare and social help, focussed on improving their quality of life rather than maintaining their place in the workforce.
The whole reason we built societies was for mutual aid, so that those with more can help those with less. If a society fails at this basic level, then what is it good for?
Despite what some people think, nature is not all about competition. Nature is about assistance. From the bacteria in your stomach helping you digest your food, to the tall trees which nurture entire forests, to the birds cleaning the teeth of large animals which could easily eat them, to all the people who volunteer their time to help those in need.
Life helps life to keep going. That applies to people too. One of the main reasons we're here is to help others be here.
I don't know, I just think that's beautiful. And it's sad that so many people seem to have lost track of this vital part of existence. I'd like to see the whole world remember it, if I could.
Duška@XanIndigo very good point of view!
Cassandra
(Matthew)=> 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🎮💻📖@XanIndigo I heard a thing once I really like.
Homo Neanderthal was much stronger than Homo Sapien. Bigger, faster, more powerful. This should have led to them outliving us.
Thing is, Homo Sapiens were social. And as we are not as big, didn't need as much sustenance. We hunted in packs. Made friends. We were so good at socializing many Neanderthals joined up with our communities.
Human nature is that of cooperation for mutual benefit. We are stronger together.
Ronja A-R (e/em/eir ; hen)And the Neanderthals live on in our genes. I find that thought comforting.
@ronja @mdstevens0612 I really like all of this.
The same thing applies to entirely different species too. Our ancient ancestors saw an apex predator with sharp fangs which also hunted in groups and could easily have torn them apart apart, and decided that the best way to survive was to become friends.
A fascinating thing about dogs is that they have a gene for being generally friendly and socially curious towards humans. Wolves lack that gene and are socially uninterested in us.
So maybe it was a (small) population of mutant wolves that decided that taming those funny apes would be a good idea, seeing as how much edible stuff we left behind. What if _they_ taught _us_ how to effectively hunt as a pack?
Survival of the friendliest: How dogs evolved to be man’s best friend | 60 Minutes
@ronja @mdstevens0612 Interesting. I'll have to watch that later, when I have time.
Eggmont 🐘@XanIndigo
But sometimes it becomes quite necessary to make the kid with the funny hair go sit in the corner for lying, cheating, stealing, being grabby, organizing multiple Ponzi schemes and so on...
Of course he snickers because you have lost most of your lesson plan to his disruption and the dunce cap is his favorite shade of orange.
Should you:
Make him sit in the hall
Send him to the Principal's Office
Throw a book at him
Encourage him to run for office
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@eggmont Why do you feel the need to do this?
Because, sadly, we live in a world where helping some others to be here is an enabling and self-defeating, act.
You quite validly point to symbiosis as being common and useful, while ignoring parasites and predators and the hapless victims of the shiny white teeth the sycophantic remoras maintain for the sharks.
It is an optimistic world view, but it is also a world view that 🦉Owls🦉 encourage the food, er, 🐰Bunnies🐰 to have.
@eggmont No, I mean why do you feel the need to drag everything down with cynicism and pessimism? How is this helpful? Does it really serve any useful purpose to actively try and demoralise people? Or are you unwittingly doing the parasites' work for them?
I have a dark and complicated sense of humor and while I do agree with you, I also saw glaring flaw in your optimistic view.
I'm sure there were optimists in Germany in 1933, too. There are always optimists. I am generally optimistic, but we are in fact living in very dark times and the optimists are put on the train first.
Do not lose your sense of humor to your idealism.
@eggmont Did you seriously show up in my mentions and make a holocaust reference? What is wrong with you?
✊🏾WiseGuyEddie
SocialistStan@XanIndigo @Eggmont Assistance can compete too, ever seen a school of dolphins kill a shark? Or a pack of wolves bring down an elk? The weakest group is stronger than the strongest individual.