Socialist Species

In a perfect situation we would all work for the good of the species, we would all be altruistic and we would work as one population. We could distribute food and water equally along the world. We could help each other out and participate in a n active world community. We could spread our money equally among humans and divide the living territories equally. We would be the first “socialist species”, it could be wonderful, and all the humans would have the necessary to survive. Sadly this is a utopist unreachable idea, if the selfish gene does exist then this is why we wouldn’t be able to achieve it. In chapter 8 Dawkins talks about how some species help the community thinking about themselves, well then humans sometimes do the opposite damaging the species for their own welfare. Millions of humans have way more than the necessary to survive, but people in the world still die of hunger every day. We rather waste our resources than share the. It isn’t bad to be competitive and want the best for our families but some people abuse this privilege. “Individuals who have too many children are penalized because the whole population goes extinct” (Pg 117) is an overstatement for what happens in humans, but never the less we should all always be conscious and considerate of our surroundings and our fellow humans. Sharing is caring.