This comment is a mistake in anthropological thinking. Human beings are social animals. Humans do not live like some cats, as solitary individuals. Every social organization (which is how normal human beings must live) is a pecking order. An individual’s place in the status hierarchy is not permanent — moving up or down happens all the time. Human society is structured as a dominance hierarchy (all societies are, actually) and is defined and maintained by shared mores, traditions, religion, language, etc. The broader definition of animal societies is: a group of related individuals competing for conventional goals by conventional means. Success or lack thereof in the competition determines one’s status, but none are born into a guaranteed spot. Leftists want to destroy human society because they feel that they cannot compete successfully in it by following the normal rules (they want to operate by result-oriented norms, as required to keep themselves in power). Libertarians want to destroy it because they don’t accept any conventional goals or means. They are abnormal humans (Ayn Rand comes to mind, in all her maximal oddity) in desiring to exist outside society. Why they don’t all move to Jamaica, smoke ganja all day under a palm tree, and leave the rest of us alone, I wish I knew. That leaves Rightists, who see normal human life as good, and who accept it and attempt to protect it from the skulking wierdos who are always on the prowl just outside the campfire’s light. Yep, I mean Ron Paul and Hussien O’bwana.
