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Old 03-20-2017, 08:00 PM   #147 (permalink)
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NeilBlanchard — Thanks. I liked the video, especially the Australian using the analogy of Ayers rock hovering over NYC like an alien mothership (or 100s of them!) to get peoples' attention.

I don't see the necessity (let alone morality) for actually eating the herbivores, but I do see robotic apex predators to keep the lions in check.

The ultimate bottom of the mismanagement cycle he describes is Saharasia.

James DeMeo, Saharasia

Six thousand years later and we still haven't recovered our equanimity.
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Human Violence is Unnatural. Perpetual War is Not Inevitable.

The Human Species is By Nature Loving, Cooperative and Peaceful.

There is a Real Early Peaceful Period in the Archaeological Record.

The Concept of a "Naked Violent Ape" or "Violent Genes" is a Modern Fantasy-Falsehood.

Early Climate Change Towards Saharasian Deserts at c.4000 BCE led to the
First Widespread Appearance of Violent Human Societies, who have
Favorably Perpetuated Themselves over the Centuries by Conquest of more Peaceful Societies.
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