Thread: Mans Intelligence

Why is altruism looked upon as some higher evolved state? Bees are altruistic -most animals live for the better good of the group ---but at least humans can toy with the concept of the individual. I think people are far too often willing to give up their individuality ---it has to be one of the most dificult things for a human to not bend to the will of the group.

Charity out of kindness is one thing but government forced altruism is not of free spririt and will but is government control of another name. In a purely altruistic system, what are you living for ?--- when everyone is living for someone else, the only thing human is the notion of humanity in the abstract --and why is someone you do not even know more important than you? --

Haven't we seen what attrocities occur when individuals start to live for the state or brotherhood and disregard their rights as free thinking individuals? --- can you point out attrocities that compare when individuals act like individuals?

I believe Churchill said " it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried" --well I think he could have said the same thing about capitalism in the context of economics ---their is no perfect system and never will be.

Justin