Daily Kos: Science Friday: Clan of the Neocon

by DarkSyde
Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 03:49:31 AM PDT

At the heart of every human lurks a beast. We have crocodile brains, monkey digits, and hominoid eyes. But written into the fabric of man's greatest physical attribute, the swollen cerebral cortex, is the operating system of a savage.

For millennia we existed in small, kin-bonded groups. This ancient relic of our evolutionary legacy still smolders in our being. Despite all the trappings of modern technology, we yearn to escape the confines of our plastic and metal caves, to roam a pristine landscape alone or in small bands. We write great documents on the concept of independence and argue ferociously over what it means. It stirs something deep inside, for we each and every one descended from countless generations of people who enjoyed a liberty we can only dream of. For the vast history of our species, we humans were ruled by neither tyrant-king or elected leader: Mankind is a tribal creature.