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Originally Posted by Qion  Rhisiart, I think that survival has almost become a secondary topic among our wants and needs. We don't necesarily have to worry about surviving, minus the non-industrial economies that I'm not really talking about. I have read on the topic of survival being the basis for all human -and animal- action, but I have just stopped agreeing with that. Some people would rather "die" than not have the new Razr videophone. |
Would they really? If we could hypothetically transfer them instantly to the suburbs of Beirut and offer the choice of a rapid airlift out or a Razr videophone, I have a pretty good idea what they would choose.
Which goes some way to the point you are making. Most people in industrial nations clamour for materialism and have lost sight of just how fragile life can be. However, not of all of us in the so called 'First World' have lost this insight.