We can’t create a better economic system.
We can’t beat cancer.
We can’t achieve interstellar travel.
We can’t overthrow the Czar.
We can’t beat the plague.
We can’t create machines that fly.
We can’t overthrow the kings.
We can’t prevent the infants from dying.
We can’t cross the oceans.
We can’t work together with the other tribes.
We can’t grow those berries ourselves.
We can’t cross the swamps.
We can’t build better shelter.
We can’t build better tools.
We can’t heal ourselves when the spirits make us sick.
We can’t understand why the gods send lightning.
We can’t control fire.
This wheel thing is a bad idea.
It’s human nature, you see.
Humans are naturally selfish and individualistic, so nothing changes.
It’s human nature, you see.
Humans are naturally obedient and collectivistic, so nothing changes.
It’s human nature, you see.
Humans have a divinely-appointed place in the universe, so nothing changes.
It’s human nature, you see.
Human nature has always been exactly like this.
We’re all wolves.
We’re all sheep.
We’re all whatever is most convenient.
The only thing that really never changes is the people telling us that story.
So far.
