"...As evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis’ research proved, evolution happens as much through cooperation as competition: 'animal and plant life evolved from bacteria through symbiosis.' We evolved because we cooperate, not despite it. So, how do we find ourselves stuck in a growth-based primarily capitalist economic system that doesn’t reflect not just human nature, but nature in general?
"It is because we reward behaviors that more cooperative systems would have had a natural ‘check’ in place to guard against. Where cooperative systems wouldn’t allow one person to gain wealth at the expense of others, in this economic system the hoarding of wealth is idolized even though if we saw it happen in a non-human animal or plant species we would be very concerned:
'If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.' - Nathalie Robin Justice Gravel on X
"If we want a system that is consistent with the flourishing of life on earth, we will need a system that mimics nature. Our current economic model doesn’t - for many reasons - and needs to change. Looking at nature, including our own human nature in our private lives, gives us many ideas for what this new, harmonious system could look like." - Erin Remblance
Article: "We Are All Socialists in Our Private Lives"
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