if morality is a "consequence of civilization" then what is civilization a consequence of?
They're the consequence of a circular refinement process of each other.
Evolve to live in groups. Evolve to behave morally to work more smoothly in groups. Groups that work smoothly together are more likely to survive.
Better cooperation allows larger groups. Evolve to behave morally to work more smoothly in larger groups.
Groups that do not evolve/exhibit sufficient morality do not grow or die off. Individuals who do not behave in sufficiently moral manner are denied opportunities to procreate.
It's all tied together. It's not one then the other, it's many factors in a complex system all interconnected.
Although I do find that a bad movie from 80s and 90s will seem really good to me in this day and age for simply having things like men who act like men and women who act like women lol
Agreed, but that was kind of the problem with this one-- the main character acted like a worthless, entitled, incompetent, whiny bitch. And for some reason I'm supposed to root for him and somehow he ends up with Jennifer Connelly despite never actually accomplishing anything.
Also they're trapped in a Target and can't get out. But somehow a couple of thieves managed to get in.
But guys! It's all the unelected parliamentarian's fault!
Also, the parliamentarian has no real authority and could be removed at any time, but we're not going to do that!
It's all theater. The Democrats had the numbers and could have pushed through single payer health care with any rules they wanted, but instead chose to "negotiate" with the Republicans ... so that they could blame every problem with the bill on the "compromises" that they made.
Then the Republicans could have done away with Obamacare during Trump's first term, probably the worst piece of legislation since the CRA, but ... they chose not to.
Nobody wants to be responsible for anything. They all just want to have problems that need solving and people who they can point at as the cause of the problems.
Amazing how many people are suddenly big fans of the GOP.
Do I think Elon's party will be any better? Probably not, because political parties are dominated by incompetent social climbers and criminals.
But am I going to pretend that he's somehow betraying MAGA even more than the GOP already has? For fuck's sake, no.