2008-11-13, 08:08 PM
I'm a realist and an evolutionist. I have no problem with your beliefs or the beliefs of anybody else. I don't mean any offence to anybody with whatever I say in this or any other post.
If we were free living to do whatever we want, that would be the end of us. Since we became smart enough to know we're different from the other animals, since we developed language, we've been on a downward spiral. It's completely stopped human evolution and actually helped the evolution of every anti-human organism. We've wiped out billions of species and we're killing the planet.
All of it is because we have leaders. But if we didn't have leaders, ever, we would be worse off than we are now. People disagree on things, cultures disagree on things. Without international competition we would have much less advancement in science, and many other areas. If we didn't have leaders then I have no idea how people would all work together in such large groups (countries) to keep things running smoothly (...I guess things run smoothly most of the time).
As for J. Locke, IMO he's wrong. Even when there's people who don't want a leader, somebody wants to lead. That's how the human mind works.
T. Hobbes' statement is kind of useless, of course people are going to become enemies, with or without a leader that happens (War, much?).
Nobody is perfect, we've just found a niche and I for one think we should stay in it.
If we were free living to do whatever we want, that would be the end of us. Since we became smart enough to know we're different from the other animals, since we developed language, we've been on a downward spiral. It's completely stopped human evolution and actually helped the evolution of every anti-human organism. We've wiped out billions of species and we're killing the planet.
All of it is because we have leaders. But if we didn't have leaders, ever, we would be worse off than we are now. People disagree on things, cultures disagree on things. Without international competition we would have much less advancement in science, and many other areas. If we didn't have leaders then I have no idea how people would all work together in such large groups (countries) to keep things running smoothly (...I guess things run smoothly most of the time).
As for J. Locke, IMO he's wrong. Even when there's people who don't want a leader, somebody wants to lead. That's how the human mind works.
T. Hobbes' statement is kind of useless, of course people are going to become enemies, with or without a leader that happens (War, much?).
Nobody is perfect, we've just found a niche and I for one think we should stay in it.