Dominance is not the general force underlying all reality. That
statement is just ridiculously stupid.
There have been civilizations for thousands of years who did not fight
over abundant stuff and who did not seek power over each other and who
did not even know the concept of "dominance". We destroyed their
sustainable civilizations and replaced them with our unsustainable
civilization. (We also said that their understanding of humanity was
primitive.) We are de-evolutionary and we will cease to exist if we fail
to overcome destructive mindsets like yours.
You are just the victim of a contemporary belief trap. Just like
crusaders, which hunters and free market proponents ... they all thought
that they were right and that some random belief represented universal
truth ... ;-)
On 04/05/2014 08:21 PM, Azn A wrote:
This is based on your primitive understanding of humanity. Dominance
is the general force underlying all reality. Adaptation and the
struggle to survive is a secondary drive in the evolution of animals,
behind the desire to expand one’s power. All life seeks primarily to
expand itself. No matter what type of situation individuals find
themselves in, their will to power comes through in some way or
another. *Humility* may appear to stem from something else, such as
altruism or sympathy, when it really originates in one's instinct to
bring someone under one's own power. Take the desire for freedom,
independence, and peace. What this is at bottom, is simply the will
toward self-preservation and existence in general. One wants peace and
independence so that one is not at risk from the possibly violent
actions of others. Also, one does not want to become enslaved or
subjugated by others. So in other words, without a 'will to power' you
would not have the world you have today.
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AGI
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