--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "mr_elsworth_toohey"
> When any more than a few of us come together there is an
inevitable
> struggle for domination over the others, but then we must face the
> contradiction inherent in that situation. We lust for power over
the
> very people we need for that power to mean anything.
>
> We know that we can accomplish great things by working together
and
> build great societies but we still lust for absolute power over
all
> that that cooperation has built. Empathy is the uniquely human
> characteristic that allows us to realize the benefit of
cooperation
> and it is the lower animal instinct to dominate that we must
temper
> with empathy. This legacy of our animalistic past is the opposing
> force that prevents us from seeing the benefits of cooperation. It
> is empathy that grants us that window through which we can see
that
> by helping others we help ourselves and that none will benefit
from
> dominating the rest. It is in all our best interests to cooperate
> and work together toward the same purpose but alas let to our own
> devices, time and again, we succumb to the lust for power.