What most people think of as Darwinism, is really an obsolete 19th Century model. Field research of the last 50 years has discredited that simplistic model.
Who's talking about Darwin?
I was talking about Power and Perquisites, something with inherently motivate man and beast..
At the primal level, to get the perqs, you have to have the power, or at least be in good with those who do have it...
Ensuring that those societal perqs are shared with the less powerful, in order to prevent the constant violence and turmoil associated with a primal social order, we have established something we call rights..
And from those rights derive our sense of social expectations and obligations.
At the primal level, I dare say it's unlikely that chimps have codified a social redistribution system based upon Chimp rights..
Power, physical need, and social perqs (sex, being groomed.. etc) are far greater motivators.
Whoever led the group of rebels, if they are successful (which they aren't, always).
And where is the altruism when that rival is later challenged by another of that group's males?
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