Ants even take 'slaves'- much behaviour is deeply genetic. All primates show political behaviour. Many competitions in the animal world are brutish, some ritualised and there is more cooperation than seems likely at first glance. I associate a burning lack of freedom in our current society, much to do with dire jobsworths - this reminds me a lot of the worst of the soviets. The ease with which anyone can be treated as 'worthless shit' is what's eating me. I don't see this as political-economic in terms of capitalism or anything else - it's more imperialist.
On 22 June, 19:35, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll be responding shortly but in the meantime here's an article from > the NYTimes that bears directly on point, I think. If not it's still > a damned interesting read. Turns out the opening scenes of 2001: A > Space Odessy are now even more likely. > > Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival > Territoryhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/science/22chimp.html?src=un&feedurl...
