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Are we still a primitive species?

While sitting pondering of my own lamentations ; just how primitive are we as a species ? Epcecially with Darwin’s concept of evolution and natural selection and how unskilled and unsuccessful I am with it and I couldn’t help but notice just how primitive the process really is even happening without us really noticing it and just how “raw “ this process this really is ( and no I’m not implying the use of force here) but a mere observation and it has been said “ you give a man a fish and he eats for a day but if you teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime ( couldn’t help but noticing how true these words resound) the reason I say this is we as a human species are still in a “ rat race “ to out do out shine and to generally beat or “ competitors “ in life ; but I see some things designed to help in this process ( which comes at a steep price) to me this still seems primitive; whatever happened to a civilized society? In my opinion I think we are still miles away from being “civilized “ if we have to charge for something that is natural but still very fundamental in life; why not show our fellow human without charging any fee( we still don’t know why they don’t understand this basic concept that should be innate and natural to us ) without the speculation but with hard concrete facts ( I’m not implying a cookie cutter method here) ; though it may still too late for me to understand it ( and to be honest I do feel like a piece of trash thrown to the side and rejected ; is there still hope for me ?( due to depression and ADHD)

AJimboShep82 7 Sep 24
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I've seen enough evidence in my lifetime to conclude that we are still a primitive species competing for survival. The Judeo-Christian culture was in opposition to this natural dilemma, striking back with the aspirational notion of every human being made in the image of God and therefore carrying a spark of divinity in their spirits. The doctrines are proved nonsense and the history one of terrible hypocrisy but we need to carry on with the idea of all human life being equal in the sight of society if not of a god.

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We are very primitive and backsliding due to lack of natural selection. There is no process thinning our herd of the anti-social people in our midst.
To the contrary, in most of our cultures cruelty and ruthlessness is rewarded.

We will only move towards a civilized society when the qualities of civilized men and women are promoted at the expense of those who prey on people.

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Pretty much why I call myself Savage. Ever hear of the wayseer manifesto. I think it's for you.

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The only thing is, the goal of the evolutionary rat race, having many children, has been taken away, and in its place has been substituted the goal of having lots of money, which has little to no influence on the future of the species.

Those things which do have influence on the future of the species now are the birth of memes. Look at all the people now talking about inequality, how many of them were doing so before Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the 21st Century?

The most influential thinkers of recent times, who really influenced the course of human thought and human history, were likely Charles Darwin, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche. They are likely the most successful people from a modern evolution of the species perspective. We are part of an evolving meme culture, and human individuality is an illusion.

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Humans are more primitive than you think.
Take it all away, everything and what do you have?
A dysfunctional human. Go ahead and make a argument out of this fact. We have relied on technology to the point of just knowing how to eat. In ,000 years from now we will still be where we are today. Our technology will be our destruction, because we have borders that separate us all. We will never be as one, because of our primitive aggression, and predatory instincts. I missed a entry on our destruction, it’s only if we don’t destroy ourselves in the process
of advancing to our next level.
Of course, everyone has a opinion, but what are the opinions going to change? Nothing...

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