Yep. All these forces against you and humanity and only a strong fisted government can save you...and then either send you to your death or kill you.
When I was a young man living in the sticks i kept a live trap in the shack to catch mice. It had a clear lid so you could see if you had a captive. Spring kill traps weren't an option as too many mice found their way inside daily.
One day the weather was terrible. Wind, snow, below zero temperatures - blizzard conditions.
I happened to look in my trap and it held 9 mice. Since I couldn't take them a required distance far enough away to release them, and lacking any tv or electronic devices, I kept observation on the mice for entertainment.
They started out docile. Sharing the bait food, gamboling in play. Then the food ran out.
One died. The rest ate him (I'm only assuming gender).
They were no longer playful. I could hear them squealing and squeaking for hours as I lay in the dark awaiting sleep to arrive.
They had started fighting. Battles to the death, eating the defeated mouse each time.
Alliances were made and broken.
In the end only one mouse remained.
His reward? Death in captivity as another being sat idly by just watching.
People are no different.
I am no different.
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