Erm.

Prides and packs are family units that would never cooperate or coordinate with another pride/family unit. Humans didnt advance much at all for hundreds of thosands of years until we quit acting like that.

“What about hive insects?”

They know it’s not going away, they are tired of being mildly inconvenienced by it and are willing to sacrifice others to avoid that inconvenience..

Every group of people in history has been socialist. It is the defining trait of what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom. The only differences between political structures is how few or many control and benefit from the combined group effort.

I found it adorable that the “prepper” types where the first ones to lose their shit and go into hissy fit mode when faced with their actual fantasy.

The withdrawal from the steroid high will be glorious.

“Many of the ideological descendants of the Third Reich have raised the banners of liberal principles in their defense. They say they are defending free speech, or due process, or democracy—but their only purpose is to empty these concepts of meaning, to make them as contemptible to their ideological opponents as they…

Rick Scott said he tested positive then walked it back.  

And to take it a step further, many people driven to pursue inordinate wealth do it not for the money but for the power they can wield over others. Legal or illegal actions, they like your sons and daughters to be desperate for their machinations.