Monday, June 3, 2013

The Strength of Humanity

Canada is going through another round of scandals with their politicians from our senators to our mayors.  We are not unique in having our leaders be less than honest or more greedy than the average human.  Humanity has always had leaders who are greedy, dishonest, violent and without conscience or care for the people they are supposed to lead.  This is apparently a given throughout history. 
       The question I ask today is “why is that”?  Are human beings psychologically built to be led in the same way as other animals?  If one really stops to consider how society evolved one is led to believe that indeed this is so.  Humans are not solitary beings by nature.  They survive in groups which have become “society” or “civilization”.  But one has to wonder why it invariable becomes the greedy and least kind person that ends up becoming the leader of the pack?  After 6,000 or 10,000 years of “civilization” have humans failed to evolve any further than a cow?  All evidence seems to point to the fact that we are no better than a cow.
       It’s rather humiliating to be a member of an un-evolved civilization.  Let’s not split hairs by pointing out that some countries appear to be more balanced than others; the fact remains that human beings are more inclined to follow a leader however poor that leader may be than to break away or protest the leader and insist on something better.  Are we still so financially or emotionally suppressed that we cannot bring ourselves to make an effort for change – and keep the feet on the flames permanently?  Think about the high school books “Animal Farm” or “Lord of the Flies” . . . is this really the way it is, forever?
       I hope not.

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