I'd suggest we're all a little predatory and psychopathic, though some more than others. The process of "reigning them in" has been tried many times. The French Revolution, for example, based in part of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" led to a lot of headchopping and the Napoleonic Wars. The Russian Revolution, based on Marxist concepts of non-exploitation and equality, led to the repressive brutality of Stalinist USSR. Reigning in the Jews in Nazi Germany led to the Holocaust. What Mao tried to do in China has led to an aggressive and repressive state capitalism (which still audaciously calls itself "communism"!). In the US, everyone can vote if they want to so we supposedly have democracy, but we also have the military-industrial complex and other interests lurking the in shadows and calling the shots.
A few decades ago, I spent a couple of years in the Calgary oil patch, and was appalled by some of the outrageously alpha-male behaviour I witnessed. A friend of mine told me not to worry about it. That's how guys behave in the oil patch. Just a bunch of sharks floating around! Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Early Free Trade > Ed Weick wrote: >> I don't know if we have ever learned from history. Institutions and >> social >> arrangements change, but the need to dominate them and make them work to >> our >> advantage seems to be a constant in human affairs. > > Again, it all depends on who is "we". > Psychopaths (predators) have no ability and no interest to learn. > It's up to the others (their collective victims) to learn and finally > rein them in! > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
