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I remember from a visit in Kenya that the way they control monkeys was to keep shooting the alpha until eventually their next leader forces the group to retreat
by cynusx 5y ago
I remember from a visit in Kenya that the way they control monkeys was to keep shooting the alpha until eventually their next leader forces the group to retreat and leave the human settlements alone.
- jimmyed 5y agoWonder how many times this has been done with humans throughout history
- jdavis703 5y agoWhen America was trying to install a “democratic” government in Iraq there were a series of assassinations. In that case however the situation eventually stabilized. So that strategy is only as good as your opponents will. And it turns out there’s a lot of men who are willing to throw away their life in the hope of the power, money and prestige of being the top boss.
- polishdude20 5y agoI wouldnt be so quick to say they're throwing their life away. Imagine being in a group with a tyrannical boss. Installing yourself as the boss may actually help save your life and ensure a future for you and your community/tribe.
- cgriswald 5y agoRegardless, I wonder if there's a lot of men is the key factor here. Even if a reasonable fraction of a percent of the population isn't deterred by previous assassinations for a population in the millions, that's still a lot of replacements. The replacement rate of that subset of the population is almost certainly higher than the assassination rate.
- fellowniusmonk 5y agoI don't doubt that gambling it all for power, money and prestige is the most frequent motivation, but I think you do humanity a disservice when you don't also include principled... weirdos that believe things and count the cost do exist within the human race.
- Wiseacre 5y agoThe assassinations in the 60s serve as examples.
- to1y 5y agoThere's no equivalency.
- rjsw 5y agoProbably taught in the first week at the School of the Americas [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_f...
- tejtm 5y agoIt appears to contribute to our decreasing brain size for the last 17k years.