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To: THE ANT who wrote (175629)	8/1/2021 5:24:26 PM
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I think that's mostly true... Humans are a very successful species... and because of our success, the relationship of other species to humans is an interesting and complex subject... Rats and mice... succeed with us... but, do so differently than dogs and cats... Coachroaches... like rats and mice... with and in spite of us... The population of cattle continues to expand, like that of pigs and chickens... sheep and goats... because they are delicious. That relationship famously recognized and mocked by Douglas Adams in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... in a future where a more evolved cow presents itself at table... to discuss with you which cut you might prefer for dinner... before shuffling off to the kitchen ? In reality, cows, like dogs from wolves, have diverged from Aurochs... in a predictable way that is defined by specific utility... but, perhaps meat grown from cell culture rather than in the form of a complete animal will transform that relationship... and markets... again ? But the fact of and the nature of the mutualism in some relationships... isn't imposed as any limit in the nature of the relationships in which humans might enable other species success ? That link to commensalism as an introduction... shows... the relationships my prior post today addresses... between human populations and human "leaders"... also defines a range of relationships between humans. Some view public service as a sacrifice in the public interest ... others as an opportunity for plunder... the parallels in the assumption of people all having a shared vision of civilization... and the value of civilization... needs closer inspection. But, the relationship I was describing between "the people" and the "deep state"... is defined there as parasitoidism... Predatory behaviors... are important to understand... not just in relation to the behavior of the predators, but also as the behavior of the prey who play defined roles in relation to the modes of behavior in those preying on them... which you have to consider in human context, too, in order to fully understand the logic of the systems in play... whether wolves and sheep... or used car salesmen and easy marks... Wolves are predators... but, they're mostly not dishonest about it ? When they're engaged in running down a Caribou... there's not a lot of subterfuge involved... beyond an initial ambush ? Wolves don't REALLY ever wear sheep's clothing... making our literary device transparently one substituting a human behavior for that of the lupine... perhaps because we prefer to not think of ourselves as worse than wolves... in the part of wolves behavior that we least like ?

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