Can't writing be it's own end? Does it need a thesis? Simply writing can be a great way to organize your thoughts on a matter. This just happens to be posted online

My comments are usually more positive, so I am glad you pushed back on me.

It seems to express frustration at the difficulty of getting humans to come from selflessness when governing, and the bind that is created because of the inherently high stakes of politics. Coming from a place of selfishness in politics is the direction of "My group survives, 'their' group must be eradicated" and the mind has to make a distinction between what it considers part of its self-identity/group-identity, what what is 'the other'

I'm guessing this post is making rounds because George Hotz asked people to read it on one of his Twitch streams yesterday.

This was posted in 2007.