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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
Well, consider the monkeys are wise... They would share, say, 10
bananas among 10 monkeys and enjoy peace. Now some of the monkeys want the lion's share of the bananas and some monkeys go hungry. War follows. Now consider that all the monkeys don't DESERVE the same amount, but no one goes hungry. Fine. This is an imperfect world. It could be argued that this could drive COMPETITION in a healthy way without the monkeys getting too comfortable. Everybody must chip in according to their capacity... Isn't it funny this experiment has never been tried? I find it very suspicious. -------------------------------------------------------------- http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
On Sep 16, 5:06 pm, "{:-])))" wrote:
TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote: Well, consider the monkeys are wise... They would share, say, 10 bananas among 10 monkeys and enjoy peace. Now some of the monkeys want the lion's share of the bananas and some monkeys go hungry. War follows. Now consider that all the monkeys don't DESERVE the same amount, but no one goes hungry. Fine. This is an imperfect world. It could be argued that this could drive COMPETITION in a healthy way without the monkeys getting too comfortable. Everybody must chip in according to their capacity... Isn't it funny this experiment has never been tried? I find it very suspicious. Communes and utopian societies have been attempted. It's curious how they tend to fail. In the States, where you and I live, it is uncommon for anybody to starve. There are plenty of bananas to go round. Homeless people know where to find them. It's as if they grow on trees. - so to speak Our abundance grows on Costa Rican trees so to speak. Our farm land shrinks as corn is fed to cars and the sprawl takes over green pastures. Food prices have shot up accordingly... If you read 'Fast Food Nation,' you'd see how much farmers would benefit from cooperation. |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
On Sep 18, 2:30 am, Mr.B1ack wrote:
"TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher" It sounds like what happens when you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys. Mayhem is sure to occur. This is due to their hierarchical nature. Some monkey wants more bananas. Review human history. The heirarchical order is extremely plain, the default, how we're wired, in the bone. Or do you have illusions we'll somehow "do better" 'cause we're so special and enlightened ... ??? So where's this ILLUSION of democracy fit into our hierarchical nature. Let the stronger monkey --Gaddafis or Husseins-- rule over their troop. Why our troop claim superiority? Is it military superiority? And yet the Scandinavians, Dutch and even the Germans demonstrate that they can grow into CIVILIZATION in a short period of time. One thing, RELIGION IS AN OBSTACLE TO THIS STEP TOWARD CIVILIZATION. Not. Of course, this fact can be corrected with proper oversight so no one goes hungry. And since WHEN has there EVER been 'proper oversight" ????????? Name it. I dare you. Humans -vs- humans. That's what you get. No "proper" involved. Maybe you should pray for 'divine' guidance hmmmm ? Actually there's a lot of people praying --90% of Americans-- for Jesus to come and end this jungle. Coming soon. Notice we don't want a perfect state of socialism (1 banana per monkey) but rather that no monkey goes hungry while there are bananas. This is HUMANISM. No ... that's idiocy. Refer to the models above --even Canada. The dumbest monkeys ARE gonna starve. Only because this is a Darwinian system. It could be argued that some will turn to planting bombs in the face of desperation. Obesity is killing Americans and Europeans except for a few nations that are smart enough to be different... No problem in Somalia then ... must be the healthiest people on earth :-) Somalia is not because its institutions are broken down but some other place is: Somalia is because of Somalia ... and how humans are wired. Don't you dare try to defer blame. Do we need the Hitler then? Do we need the manipulators like Bush then? Monkeys do lie too. Very clever --I saw it last night. They cry "predator" when there's none so they can grab food. Perhaps if we resisted our monkey instincts toward aggression and manipulation we can truly evolve. In other words, WE ARE STILL MONKEYS. |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
One of the groups above is about "driving." And that in itself proves
that the philosophy of "every monkey for himself" doesn't work. Some want to drive big trucks and defeat the system. Why would you want to be bigger in the jungle? |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
On Sep 18, 11:14 am, "{:-])))" wrote:
TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote: Who are the cleverest monkeys? No, it's not the Americans... http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episo...full-episode/7... See where we stand now? I'm sitting down at the moment. Sitting this one out, so to speak. Life's dramas can be seen as being dramatic forms of Life. Tragic, terrible, awful, etc.. Plays and movies are similar. When the show's over, people go on about the business of being people. When forms of Life exit the stage of Life they were on, Life goes on, in the Wings, so to speak. Being involved can be a phase. Being uninvolved or evolved can also be a phase. Both phases, taken as a whole, might be said to be a form of Tao. - in a bamboo grove I like riding a bicycle to change the world because I'm "casually involved." I don't have a big stage like Al Gore, just do what I have to do. Those who drive a truck (SUV) must deal with animal instincts -- bigger is better-- being more powerful than anything. My quest is for BEAUTY, CURIOSITY, HEALTH, FRUGALITY, JUSTICE, COOPERATION, SOCIALIZATION, GROOMING & SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES. The concept of Yin/Yang gives me a balance. I'm not looking for perfection just moderation. I don't deny the monkey. We just got to seek other paths other than predation. I was out at the beach today with my banana kayak --hey it looks like a banana-- and I charged with cosmic energy. Not even the big waves send by the motorboats made my small craft sink. Was is this excess of predation going on in the world now? |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher" wrote in message ... On Sep 16, 5:06 pm, "{:-])))" wrote: TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote: Well, consider the monkeys are wise... They would share, say, 10 bananas among 10 monkeys and enjoy peace. Now some of the monkeys want the lion's share of the bananas and some monkeys go hungry. War follows. Now consider that all the monkeys don't DESERVE the same amount, but no one goes hungry. Fine. This is an imperfect world. It could be argued that this could drive COMPETITION in a healthy way without the monkeys getting too comfortable. Everybody must chip in according to their capacity... Isn't it funny this experiment has never been tried? I find it very suspicious. Communes and utopian societies have been attempted. It's curious how they tend to fail. In the States, where you and I live, it is uncommon for anybody to starve. There are plenty of bananas to go round. Homeless people know where to find them. It's as if they grow on trees. - so to speak Our abundance grows on Costa Rican trees so to speak. Our farm land shrinks as corn is fed to cars and the sprawl takes over green pastures. Food prices have shot up accordingly... If you read 'Fast Food Nation,' you'd see how much farmers would benefit from cooperation. They'd vote republican. |
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What would happen if you give a bunch of bananas to a bunch of monkeys?
"Ed S." wrote in message ... "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher" wrote in message ... On Sep 16, 5:06 pm, "{:-])))" wrote: TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote: Well, consider the monkeys are wise... They would share, say, 10 bananas among 10 monkeys and enjoy peace. Now some of the monkeys want the lion's share of the bananas and some monkeys go hungry. War follows. Now consider that all the monkeys don't DESERVE the same amount, but no one goes hungry. Fine. This is an imperfect world. It could be argued that this could drive COMPETITION in a healthy way without the monkeys getting too comfortable. Everybody must chip in according to their capacity... Isn't it funny this experiment has never been tried? I find it very suspicious. Communes and utopian societies have been attempted. It's curious how they tend to fail. In the States, where you and I live, it is uncommon for anybody to starve. There are plenty of bananas to go round. Homeless people know where to find them. It's as if they grow on trees. - so to speak Our abundance grows on Costa Rican trees so to speak. Our farm land shrinks as corn is fed to cars and the sprawl takes over green pastures. Food prices have shot up accordingly... If you read 'Fast Food Nation,' you'd see how much farmers would benefit from cooperation. They'd vote republican. Speaking of monkeys ... I'm reminded of the corporate tree full of monkeys. Years ago the tree was full. Those on the top looked down and saw smiling faces. Those on the bottom looked up and saw ... a** h***s. Today the tree has just as many monkeys in the top branches who look down and see a lot fewer faces and none of them smiling. Those on the bottom look up and all they see are the same a** h***s. |
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