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Originally Posted by Zacker
The purpose of live for most simpler beings is simply to ensure the survival of their specie.
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That's basically quite my opinion too.
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That is ensured by getting as many kids as possible and by ensuring that they survive.
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Not at the expense of the resources that make them live. Getting as many kids as possible is pointless if to survive they burn out all the resources that their descendants would need to survive themselves.
This is where political action, action towards the
common wealth, kicks in.
Political action is about proposing a model of living for society that will ensure the preservation of the species.
Communists tried to propose such a model. They believed hard in it and fought hard for it. Unfortunately in Russia, if it worked at the start some time later it degenerated into a dictatorship.
Nazis too tried to propose a model. Unfortunately for them this one was rotten from the start and doomed to failure - which is lucky for us. I wouldn't fancy living in the world where a small fraction of the population lives at the expense of all the rest.
The anarchists model for society has not been tried yet but not many people believe it can succeed. I don't too; I don't believe anarchism is viable,
today. People are just too selfish and uneducated - hence
uninterested for that.
We're just starting to see the results of the capitalist/trading model being experienced nowadays. It granted a severe boost to mankind on the power man has over his environment. But it also creates ever-widening iniquity and inequalities all over the world. This model forgets that where there is
increase somewhere, there has to be
decrease elsewhere.
The society model that will save mankind is yet to be found
I find it noble, though, people who believe in ideas for the common good, and fight for them. This is the
main difference that separates us from the rest of the animals.
And this is also, IMO, the purpose of life.
One book to read:
Man's Fate
by Andre Malraux
(suggest yours, too
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