Totally agree with you and Richard Lee. It makes absolutely no sense that our human ancestors were cruel, brutal and selfish. If they were, we wouldn't be here. They could not have survived if they did not cooperate and help each other. This story has always sounded hollow to me, and a product of the hyper-masculine energy that has dominated this planet for quite a long time. I had this thought when I read Freud's booklet, "Civilization and Its Discontents," positing that if left to our own devices (i.e., absent "civilization"), we'd all be killing each other for the food and every man would be raping every woman. Absolute garbage.
And the idea that things are getting better and better is also ludicrous, and, as you point out, can only possibly be argued if our past is painted as extremely violent and horrible, which it was not. These storytellers definitely have an agenda. We need to stop accepting these ideas as true or natural and question every assertion about the human past and human nature.
Amen to that! Please share this article. People like Pinker and Diamond have access to every MSM outlet... I'm reliant upon people like you to get the word out about the Bellicose School.
Totally agree with you and Richard Lee. It makes absolutely no sense that our human ancestors were cruel, brutal and selfish. If they were, we wouldn't be here. They could not have survived if they did not cooperate and help each other. This story has always sounded hollow to me, and a product of the hyper-masculine energy that has dominated this planet for quite a long time. I had this thought when I read Freud's booklet, "Civilization and Its Discontents," positing that if left to our own devices (i.e., absent "civilization"), we'd all be killing each other for the food and every man would be raping every woman. Absolute garbage.
And the idea that things are getting better and better is also ludicrous, and, as you point out, can only possibly be argued if our past is painted as extremely violent and horrible, which it was not. These storytellers definitely have an agenda. We need to stop accepting these ideas as true or natural and question every assertion about the human past and human nature.
Amen to that! Please share this article. People like Pinker and Diamond have access to every MSM outlet... I'm reliant upon people like you to get the word out about the Bellicose School.