Oh blimey!
Here come the Nazis.
The star of today’s dilemma is Oswald Spengler who was, apparently, some Nazi philosopher following in the footsteps of Friedrich Nietzsche. Anyway, unlike Plutarch, he thinks that humans are predators, his ideas appearing to stem from Nietzsche’s idea of the Übermensch.
Like Plutarch, this clown boy is only seeing half the picture. Like vegetarians faced with a famine, Spengler’s predator would graze on grass and leaves when faced with a shortage of prey. Or perhaps, taking Spengler’s notions to their logical extreme, cannibalism then becomes acceptable. “Let’s go vegetarian,” said Göring looking hungrily at Hitler.
Interestingly, the book says that the amount of resources required to produce meat in the States is so phenomenal that the bulk of agricultural produce goes towards feeding the animals which the Americans then eat. And that bulk could, allegedly, feed the human population of the planet five times over. (Presumably one adequate, nourishing, hunger-assuaging meal a day for five days.)
Like Plutarch, this clown boy is only seeing half the picture. Like vegetarians faced with a famine, Spengler’s predator would graze on grass and leaves when faced with a shortage of prey. Or perhaps, taking Spengler’s notions to their logical extreme, cannibalism then becomes acceptable. “Let’s go vegetarian,” said Göring looking hungrily at Hitler.
Interestingly, the book says that the amount of resources required to produce meat in the States is so phenomenal that the bulk of agricultural produce goes towards feeding the animals which the Americans then eat. And that bulk could, allegedly, feed the human population of the planet five times over. (Presumably one adequate, nourishing, hunger-assuaging meal a day for five days.)
Plutarch’s back tomorrow and this time he’s throwing small furry animals at us. Perhaps there are free lunches after all.
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