Generalizations are fraught because there are so many variables, many of which change over time. Certainly cooperation can triumph but it depends on the context, I think.
The natural history of animal species is easier as there can be fewer variables. There is plenty of deletion of the weak. Indeed colour variation can be fatal., cf. albinism.
You’d like John Kenneth Galbraith’s quote about the modern conservative. Lemme find it.
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
Cooperation, collaboration - has proven in "natural history" to be the strongest trait of all time. Human civilization is all about cooperation and collaboration, and even keeping the weak alive, since they too can add to the strength of the collective.
Social darwinism, the Nazis is all about the idea that one is stronger if you do it all on your own, that you don't have to depend on anyone else to keep strong and achieve valuable survival traits. It's a myth - often perpetrated by the Elites in power, to keep the public divided and fighting amongst themselves, while they plunder and exploit for their own self-aggrandizement and often sociopathic rationales.
Can you imagine waging a war where every soldier did whatever the fuck they want? Why the US marines use to have a motto: Strength, In Unity. Because real power is in Unity. Not the Horatio Alger myth that you too can do it all on your own. That's one of the biggest lies of our time - perpetrated by assholes who refuse to cooperate with anyone that doesn't serve their own narcissistic interests, and are usually the most selfish pricks on the planet.
Generalizations are fraught because there are so many variables, many of which change over time. Certainly cooperation can triumph but it depends on the context, I think.
The natural history of animal species is easier as there can be fewer variables. There is plenty of deletion of the weak. Indeed colour variation can be fatal., cf. albinism.
You’d like John Kenneth Galbraith’s quote about the modern conservative. Lemme find it.
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
Cooperation, collaboration - has proven in "natural history" to be the strongest trait of all time. Human civilization is all about cooperation and collaboration, and even keeping the weak alive, since they too can add to the strength of the collective.
Social darwinism, the Nazis is all about the idea that one is stronger if you do it all on your own, that you don't have to depend on anyone else to keep strong and achieve valuable survival traits. It's a myth - often perpetrated by the Elites in power, to keep the public divided and fighting amongst themselves, while they plunder and exploit for their own self-aggrandizement and often sociopathic rationales.
Can you imagine waging a war where every soldier did whatever the fuck they want? Why the US marines use to have a motto: Strength, In Unity. Because real power is in Unity. Not the Horatio Alger myth that you too can do it all on your own. That's one of the biggest lies of our time - perpetrated by assholes who refuse to cooperate with anyone that doesn't serve their own narcissistic interests, and are usually the most selfish pricks on the planet.
Right on the money!