In the long run, the most successful ideologies are going to be those that are best aligned with evolution. Unfortunately, evolution tends to be very unpleasant for its participants. At some point, we may have to choose between favoring ethics or life.
I am not judging! Also, the predatory dinosaurs were only killed by a meteor. And the strongest predators right now are groups with internal prosocial cooperation and external ruthlessness.
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You were assuming. And natural selection does indeed sometimes involve giant catastrophies. The dinosaurs of human society will encounter a memetic meteor sooner or later, and us actually prosocial, collaborative types will win out.
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I think I agree: eventually, all that can be conquered will be won, and all that remains is coordination. Alas, I think climate change will make much of the planet uninhabitable for us, and this may wipe out civilization
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