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Originally Posted by / / ///AutoZone
everybody has in-group preference. however near, far, defined or blurred the lines are, this is a part of human nature. what's instinct and subliminal cannot be overcome. there will never come a time when, if given a choice to save the life of a close family member or 10 people across the world, we'd choose the former. this is a clear example of how tribalism cannot be overcome through utopian egalitarianism.
It's interesting to me that you seem to not read or respond to what others write, and merely shoot off on other tangents and such things.
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the only group that favors small govt, with emphasis on the individual and the highest degree of self determination are white people.
It's interesting how you've made this about "small government" after all of this other conversation that has nothing to do with "small government."
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would you agree that minorities gain when the opposing majority is decreased?
Yes, assuming that the opposing majority's decrease is matched with the minorities *actually* gaining. (If someone blows up the US, then the decrease in the majority's power is not matched by an increase in the minority's power.)
But they also gain when a supportive majority is increased. These aren't diametrically opposed outcomes.
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would you agree that evolution would reward humans who can accumulate the most resources leading to more procreation?
Nope. Cause and effect are not properly linked here. Evolution does not necessarily favor "more procreation." Evolution favors "more survival." In some instances, that's more procreation, but in other instances it's better adaptability to changing environments. Furthermore, more is not always better from an evolutionary perspective in the sense that excess resources trends away from adaptability. For example, many plants actually grow better when they are in at least slightly stressful environments, as this causes the plant to "learn" efficiencies and adaptability.
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and doesn't this inherently put the interests of those genealogically similar ahead of those genealogically foreign?
Nope. In some ways, it should foster cooperation and intermixing, as those are the environments in which evolutionary advantages are most likely to take root.
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this is purely (tho speculation) perfectly rational and evolutionarily rewarded behavior. every ethnic group is doing exactly what they should be doing. except white people. imo.
Nope. This just shows you have no idea what you're talking about and are again rambling without addressing the topic at hand.