> On Oct 28, 4:14 pm, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:> Unfortunately, those motivated by heedless self-interest now control

>> perhaps three-quarters of this nation's material wealth. And that
>> makes it very difficult for the rest of us to get anything done! We
>> do need something to work with, after all. We are being given nothing.

>
> What we lack, more than anything else, is the ability to cooperate,
> reach consensus, create a business plan. Mostly the postings are used
> as if they are debating contests to win points rather than point a way
> forward. People do not really know what progress is anymore.
>
> Some are lucky, can be raised on sugar cereal, junkfood, & soda, and
> turn out to be rational adults anyway. But there's a vast mass of
> partisan zealots and fundies who are too irrational to handle the
> ambiguities of all that is going on, and choose a faith with simple
> black/white, good/evil, blessed/damned rich/poor views of everything.
> The wingnuts are motivated, and drive the agendas to absurd,
> irrational extremes that they assume have no downsides.
>
> Whether liberal or conservative, the carbon footprint of the nuclear
> family home is no longer sustainable. And neither is able to give up
> on the monogamous ideal of romantic partnership forever. Despite the
> divorce rate. From "The Forest People", an anthro classic on the Mbuti
> Pygmy, and "Life in a Medieval Village" taken from the 13th century
> English midlands court records, we see that about 1/3 of the people
> are able to find someone at puberty and remain mated for life. But the
> rest of our ancestors... screwed around.
>
> 20-25%% of the Y chromosome lines dont come from where the birth
> records say. It seems that a lotta women were lying; but let's face
> it. They hadda have some one else to lie with. And now, its not upta
> us, but the women, to wake up from the romantic delusion, and work out
> some other lifestyle along with the small business plan to support
> it.