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> Competition for actual resources seems just a fig leaf. More often than not, and very broadly speaking, the fight is over mindshare: tribal beliefs and alleg
by usefulcat 3y ago
> Competition for actual resources seems just a fig leaf.
More often than not, and very broadly speaking, the fight is over mindshare: tribal beliefs and allegiances. Differences of religion, politics, nationality or ethnicity are nearly always perceived to be far greater than they actually are.
- specialist 3y agoI keep thinking back on a space opera conflict involving many domains of species. There are mammalian, avian, reptile, etc. They've formed coalitions in an effort to catch some highly valuable fugitive humans. (IIRC from Brin's Uplift Wars universe. Star Tide Rising?) The machine's weapons of choice are algorithms, code, simulations, viruses. No physical violence. But still very high stakes, like mind wipes.