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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happens when some get the lion's share of wealth for no good reason whatsoever?
Check out this video of an experiment on monkeys, and then the comments below it. I am posting this NOT in a PETA-like attempt at saving the monkeys in this experiment (God knows there are some ugly experiments on animals out there, and this absolutely not the worst by any stretch). I am posting it because it points out what we are seeing in society. Also, "envy" is mentioned, which I don't think has anything to do with it at all.
http://www.snotr.com/video/9227/redirect#comment-179866
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What happens when some get the lion's share of wealth for no good reason whatsoever? (Original Post)
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2012
OP
He is indeed lol Does nothing constructive and takes everything he can. ny
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2012
#3
I think you've expressed it perfectly. Non-cooperation is a maladaptation, and right wingers have
Sarah Ibarruri
May 2012
#4
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. Clearly the monkey on the right is a job creator..
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)3. He is indeed lol Does nothing constructive and takes everything he can. ny
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. Fair play is hardwired into mammals.
Cooperation is a survival attribute. Maladaptation enables the Romney's of this world to exploit the rest because their thinking is not intuitive to us.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)4. I think you've expressed it perfectly. Non-cooperation is a maladaptation, and right wingers have
made it their philosophy of life. I've always suspected that right wing ideology appeals to people who have a lack of conscience or a lower level of it.