Natural Selection, As It Has Operated In

Marx Was Wrong: It Is Not Only The 'means Of Production' That Shape Societies, But The Means Of Destruction. In Our Own Time, The Costs Of War, Or Just War Readiness, Are Daunting. ... The Resulting Cost Squeeze Has Led To A New Type Of Society, Perhaps Best Terms A 'depleted' State, In Which The Military Has Drained Reources From All Other Social Functions.

It's Even Occurred To Me, As A Teeny Little Subversive Whisper Of A Thought, That If We Stop Mowing The Lawn Right Now, It Will Probably Be A Long, Long Time Before The Yard Gets Overrun By Lions And Snakes.

Some Of Us Still Get All Weepy When We Think About The Gaia Hypothesis, The Idea That Earth Is A Big Furry Goddess-creature Who Resembles Everybody's Mom In That She Knows What's Best For Us. But If You Look At The Historical Record - Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, Poison Ivy, And So Forth Down The Ages - You Have To Ask Yourself: Whose Side Is She On, Anyway?

The Obvious Liberal Rejoinders Come To Mind: What About The Child Whose Home Is Hit By A Bomb? Did She Have Some Bomb-shaped Thoughtform That Brought Ruin Down On Her Head? And Did My [fired White-collar Workers] Boot-camp Mates Cause The Layoffs That Drove Them Out Of Their Jobs By "vibrating" At A Layoff-related Frequency? It Seems Inexcusably Cruel To Tell People Who Have Reach Some Kind Of Personal Nadir That Their Probem Is Entirely Of Their Own Making.

Consider The Standard Two-person Married Couple. ... They Will Share A Vcr, A Microwave, Etc. This Is Not A Matter Of Ideology Or Even Personal Inclination. It Is Practically The Definition Of Marriage. Marriage Is Socialism Among Two People.