From: Raist@ask.me   
      
   Omixochitl wrote:   
   > mvillanu@hotmail.com (mvillanu) wrote in   
   > news:dc4a405f.0310311828.172ef554@posting.google.com:   
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   >>u01mzb@abdn.ac.uk (FixinDixon) wrote in message   
   >>news:<51f64020.0310310215.73958b5c@posting.google.com>...   
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   >>[snip]   
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   >>>FixinDixon   
   >>   
   >>The USA of course.  You don't become #1 by being nice.   
   >>   
   >>What did Germany do to become #1 50 years ago?   
   >>What did the French do to become #1 150 years ago?   
   >>What about the British before that?   
   >>How about Spain before that?   
   >>Italy?   
   >>How about the Arabs?   
   >>And the Mongols?   
   >>And China?   
   >>   
   >>The list can go on and on for 3000 years, and probably even before   
   >>that but we weren't writing things down yet.   
   >>   
   >>It's survival of the fittest.  Do what you can to secure your   
   >>survival, even if it means colonizing and oppressing other people.   
   >>Hell even if it means genocide.   
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   > Except that survival of the fittest has zilch to do with groups.  More like   
   > every gene for itself.  ;)   
      
   Seriously, I would think that at a genetic and evolutionary level,   
   survival of your family and immediate group (tribe) would be just as   
   important as personal survival. Otherwise your genes will weaken and be   
   diluted.   
      
   R.   
      
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