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Who are we, even in our 'advanced' state today?

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It would seem hard to argue that we, as a people, are very nice, except maybe to our close friends and relatives.  Instead, aren’t poverty, dishonesty, and inequity rife, not just in our own ‘advanced’ culture but globally?  Subtle dishonorable manipulation of the rules allow some to gain, in intricate or devious ways, while the majority do without.

This is nothing new, but even at our supposed reflective seasonal holiday of caring, it is to me stark how unseasonable is our behavior the rest of the time.  Maybe we need a Christmas to remind us, by contrast, of who we are (or aren’t) the rest of the year; but when it becomes a time for getting things, decorating our homes to suggest to others how loving and giving we are (because, after all, we celebrate the holiday–as our yearly growing displays show, no?), this holiday comes to seem rather cynically self-serving.  Don’t miss those last-minute sales!

There is nothing new in these sentiments, and perhaps there is nothing new in the hypocrisy of our annual festival of self-congratulation.

Sadly, to me, this nothing-newness is know-nothingness, because we can know otherwise.  Below are the two final pages of my marked-up copy of the great co-discoverer of evolution Alfred Wallace’s The Malay Archipelago (1869), reporting his adventures in the Pacific islands during 1854 and 62:

I write this post as a kind of reminder, of who we are relative to who we fancy ourselves to be, relative to who we once were.  We are bid to be thoughtful of others at this time, to be caring and sharing, with the self-flattering notion that we’ll actually carry that spirit throughout the year.  Will that ever be the general truth?


Source: http://ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2018/12/who-are-we-even-in-our-advanced-state.html



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    • HypothesisFree

      OK, regarding who we REALLY ARE, if you want to be 100% honest about it,here it is with virtually NO SUGAR COATING!

      May You Know Joy, by Robert Gore
      - https://straightlinelogic.com/2018/12/24/may-you-know-joy-by-robert-gore

      Comment by Scott Cedars:

      Excellent article. We should ALWAYS be wary of feeling good about ourselves for the wrong reasons.

      This Holiday Season many who we consider to be GOOD people have high hopes for EVIL Cabal Elites while “waiting for Santa” [Satan?] having their Christmas cheer interrupted with arrests. Either way, we say “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

      However, lest we be found to be of the same EVIL mentality as these VERY elites whom we DESPISE, let us not be like:

      Yes God, please rain down blessings upon us Good Christians who serially hire others to unnecessarily and ruthlessly kill sentient animal cohorts when we prefer to eat their flesh rather than honor them for what they are and their desire to live their lives just as we would if we were in their shoes. Please rule upon us just as would the Cabal/Satan, who bless those who commit heinous evil acts with preferential treatment and advancement in society, and scorn those who mock our evil actions.

      Give peace and prosperity to those of us who commit the most violence, especially those of us who eat our friends flesh, and squelch the voice of those who attempt to shine light upon our heinous evil acts – those EVIL whistleblowers…

      Our REAL Problem (from the article which follows): A shocking experiment shows
      people will murder others just to conform to society [This is a far cry from where
      society should be, as required before it can legitimately call itself humane, which
      is to take a stand for the following universal truths: If humans have no right to
      own other humans because they are sentient beings, then it follows that we have no
      right to own animals which are also sentient beings. Moreover, eating meat is 100%
      unnecessary for human survival. See also: http://damnbored.tv/everything-wrong-
      with-humanity (in under 4 minutes)]
      - http://govtslaves.info/2018/03/shocking-experiment-shows-people-will-murder-
      others-just-to-conform-to-society

      In reality we are the greatest unrepenting SCUM OF THE EARTH, yet we IMAGINE a God who will BLESS HUMANS ABOVE ALL OTHER LIFE-FORMS!!

      How is that going so far folks? Does this seem like the RIGHT path to be on? From my view ALL that awaits such a populace is the NEW WORLD ORDER/SLAVERY/HELL-FIRE!

      Do our actions today say Merry Crucifix-mas Day Everyone!! Is it possible we only REAP what we SOW?

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