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Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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last edited by BillSeitz on Mar 10, 2008 6:16 am

Just found this review/excerpt of [Steven Le Blanc]'s [Constant Battles]: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage (ISBN:0-312-31089-7 ) - The moral of this fable is that if any group can get itself into ecological balance and stabilize its population even in the face of environmental change, it will be tremendously disadvantaged against societies that do not behave that way. The long-term successful society, in a world with many societies, will be the one that grows when it can and fights when it runs out of resources. It is useless to live an ecologically sustainable existence in the "Garden of Eden" unless the neighbors do so as well. ()


 



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