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>The underwritten currency of human society is violence. Perhaps this should be changed to life in general, with a possible exception for the forms of life tha
by SkyBelow 4y ago
>The underwritten currency of human society is violence.
Perhaps this should be changed to life in general, with a possible exception for the forms of life that produce their own energy. All others engage in some form of violence to secure their energy, even if it is against plant life, something we don't often consider as violence.
- quacked 4y agoI thought about saying it that way, but a lot of biological violence between organisms is outside of morality. I wanted to draw a very specific connection between "civilized society" and "the deliberate application of violence".
- inkcapmushroom 4y agoAnd plants too compete for energy, in a less directly violent way towards each other but with the same outcome: causing other plants to die from deprivation so that they may live. Life's prime directive to spread itself into every available space necessitates violence.