Fork In The Road

[MoonRiver]

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[Delphinus]

1. Agreed.

Worldwide, it seems.

[MoonRiver]

2. Sometimes I wonder if humans have a collective death (extinction?) wish.

[Delphinus]

3. Yes!

Someone just recently was talking about that - I won't see him until November and he may not remember by then but it is an interesting premise.

[MoonRiver]

4. Freud called it Thanatos (death instinct).

https://www.verywellmind.com/life-and-death-instincts-2795847

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_drive

[lindysalsagal]

5. Sigmund? nah. That's just the way he was born.

[MoonRiver]

6. Well, there's always that!

I'm definitely not a Freudian, but he did have some innovative (for his time) ideas.

[Tommymac]

9. Ideas and Philosophies are in the realm of Darwin too.

So far the species has chosen well, but there is no guarantee that it will continue on it's own.

That is why We Progressives Have to carry the Torch of reason and also the weight of the unreasonable on our Backs.

WE The PEOPLE are the saviors of (Wo)Mankind.

[robbob]

7. Well, as the great Yogi Berra once said;

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it…”

[sarchasm]

8. Obviously,

…and the ratio much worse than illustrated.