Fighting to survive is NOT the same as aggressing against others.
most people will defend themselves if attacked. It IS human nature to
defend one's self. Defending yourself isn't aggressing or starting a
war I was disagreeing with your statement:
"We are a warring species, plain and simple. We ask, and if we do not get, then we demand, and if we do not get, then we take by force.
I believe this to be true of all humanity, whether that human is a paleolithic tribe or NATO. "
To me, that statement is completely at odds with your statement that
'nobody wants war'. If nobody wanted war, we wouldn't have war. Obviously some people find it an acceptable thing to move troops into
other countries and wage war.
war-like tendencies proves to me that we are NOT universally a warring species. That was the point I was trying (unsuccessfully, it
seems) to make.
I'd go as far as
It is not the nature of some (most?) people to aggressively attack or
steal from others, therefore it can't be a species-wide trait.
to say that Evilbullybadguys and the people who follow them are the minority.
percentage of the US population joins the military (1/100th?) Perhaps
that's the percentage of the population with the 'warrior gene'?
are very disruptive, can attract or conscript others to help them, and are generally seen by the majority of the world to BE Evilbullybadguys. The fact that we see them as an aberration tells me
that most people aren't like them.
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