Primate Brains cont.

Apropos my last blog here at http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey.html Aaron Huey describes the history of the indigenous Indian people of America at the hands of the Washitchu, “the one who takes the best part of the meat”, the white man. There can be no better illustration of the manipulist theory for our big brains than this history of deceit and brutality. Echoed as it is by the treatment of indigenous people all over the world it might be seen as if the human race has been suffering from the plot of some science fiction movie, “The Invasion of the Big Brains”, those who have the duplicitous inter-personal skills to take the best meat. This is the evolutionary process of primates; deceive, take, distance and leave to rot. The first two are the process of gain and the last two are the process by which we shield ourselves from remorse. I mention this because of 2008, the current debt crisis of Greece and the austerity measures here in the UK and other EU countries. What happens is this. Investors supply money to governments ‘to invest.’ There is a mini boom and people are happy for a while. This is followed by a crisis of debt and the government needs bailing out. It goes to the IMF, gets a loan that’s used to pay off the investors, leaving their people in debt, which then requites austerity measures. This produces a crisis sale of resources that investors take advantage of. This loan shark approach to high finance is creating a new level of indigenous people, us. It seems there are even bigger primate brains on the block who have raised this ‘take without remorse’ facility to an even higher level. And what happens to indigenous people? They are plunged into poverty, their resources of opportunity are withdrawn, they lose hope, and being perceived as hopeless cases can be dismissed, marginalized and fogotten. Job done. The best meat and no remorse. The above talk is worth watching.