~Of Ants and Men~

I like what Trump said.
"It's a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree..."
It would have been better maybe if he had stopped there.

I see posts all the time that talk about how if you put red and black ants in a jar they will get along just fine, unless you shake the jar.
But its not true.
Ants are very tribal, as tribal as humans (go ‘Horns!), maybe even moreso. Ants do battle when they come across each other even in the wild.
The Naturalist EO Wilson, and expert on ants and human psychology, equates humans with them.
He says:
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

The story about the ants in a jar probably comes from Kurt Vonnegut and his book "Cats Cradle".
"I can't remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that's what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar."

Its a good thing that ants don’t have godlike technology.