(*Reprinted from Food Poisoning for Thought as part my ongoing process to unify my web presence.*)
Feed and breed. When we eliminate all the fancy talk, this is what is
left. The only two things that can be empirically defined as the purpose
of any organism: feed and breed.
So why do we dress it up? Why pretend there is more than this simple pair of directives?
Because
by playing games of make believe we can work together. Because by
playing games of make believe we can extend our survival by feeding and
breeding without destroying our home. The games of make believe that we
play, when we pretend that there is meaning beyond those two essential
drives, these games allow us a prosperity and a success unknown by
non-social beings.
A Community is nothing but a pack living
according to an agreed upon lie- to co-opt Napoleon's description of
history. So lie well. And believe your lies.
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