The ruling class has been successful in legislating for their perpetual dominion, but they never imagined the loyal opposition could ever be other than themselves. The founders did imagine such events, such institutionalized revolutions. Now it remains to be seen whether an institutional revolution can prevail over democracy.

What kind of spider did I amost step on in Northern Alabama?

In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Ursula Le Guin describes a town called Omelas whose residents’ happiness depends upon the imprisonment of one child, who is kept in misery and confinement. They believe the child responsible for their happiness is miserable only because they believe themselves to be happy.

We are living through a period I call the 'Panic of the Patricians'. We, their clients, don't need them anymore, and they know it. They don't know what to do about their loss of legitimacy and authority now that we have our own tools to share information, educate ourselves, create agreements and form consensus, and engage in all aspects of our social and economic environment that once required their assistance and permission. How do you expect them to respond?

Would it be unreasonable to believe Trump and Putin have made a deal not to come to the aid of Israel and Iran, respectively, as these two countries pound each other into their own agreement? The pressure to intervene increases on Trump as it seems Israel may have bitten off more than it realized. Would Trump break such an agreement with Putin or allow Israel to continue to lie in the bed they made?

There is a process responsible for the emergence of individuals, from photons to galaxies to life. Understanding that this process does not rely on intelligence to operate prompts us to consider its conditions. I believe those conditions may be rooted in agape, with love as its essence. It binds individuals into populations and sustains their perpetuation.

TIL there is no such thing as a species. There are only individuals and the relationships among them, which we call populations. Populations persist only for the time those relationships bear fruit. The notion of God's breath, a Platonic idea, or a scientific reality is unnecessary to understand the emergence of individuals and the perpetuation of populations.

Did you know this?

Let this be my introduction and invitation to you as we establish relationship and attempt to perpetuate a population.

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