why’d you set it to maximum ‘hot’ then?

No, they are biologically real, despite it being obsolete nomenclature iirc. Alpha doesn’t equate to “good” though. Just dominance.They exist in most if not all tournament species, but not so much in pair bonding apecies.

You can determine what category species fall under just by looking at average size differences of male and female skulls/other bone.

This provides a ton of information about mating habits, intersexual aggression, likelyhood of infidelity, role of males in raising kids and whole lot more.

Humans are in am evolutionary transition period from tournament to pair bonding.

All that being said, the traits selected to determine alphas can be about aggression and dominance and they can be about beauty, collaboration and territorial. Thia gets complex in birds and primates.

Alao, whatever strategy has the best chances of successfully reproducing and surviving through time does not automagically become legitimate, valuable or desireable. You need an extra ingredient for that. Priorities, which require value.

Pygmalion is real. Belief is a powerful thing. Some may even call it “faith”.

This is why hope is important.

I understand your point and appreciate you sharing it with me. You have my word I’ll put this information to good use.

I respect your opinion but i don’t share it. I didn’t mean mobile homes, though, and I haven’t seen what you describe in Chile. Maybe a few isolated cases through the years where I’ve seen trailers that display a lot of stickers that name or illustrate locations, to serve as proof of the travels of those inside, and thus an encoded status symbol for those with similar interests.

Your suspicion sounds like it may happen in a very very small scale. Why are you sharing it with me? Are you attempting to guess my social class? Cause if you are, don’t you think it’s a bit inconsiderate? Like I might make some people feel alienated? Is that what you were attempting? To draw distance? But, if you aren’t doing that, please do keep enlightening me with your musings about the socioeconomic lifestyle trends of the country I was raised and live in. Tell me more.

If you want to know about my family background, my employment, my income, the pricing of the educational institutions I went to, the neighborhood i live in, and basically any other aspect of my life situation that does not jeopardize my privacy, I can tell you about all these things. You just have to ask me directly. However, it might be wise to ask yourself which one of these aspects, these measurable scoring systems, you believe gives you legitimate cause for me to feel distance from you, or have any incidence over the conversation we’re having or my value as a person in its context.

However, if what you’d really like to know is what group of people, distributed by income, i feel like i belong to or owe loyalty to, we can spare ourselves the ceremony and I can straight out tell you right now.

I have several mental health conditions that have caused me, in one way or another, to be rejected or to commit self exile from any tribal association I’ve belonged to, except my brother and 2 sisters and a few internet communities (including this one). I have a very weak sense of identity and don’t feel like i culturally, ritualistically or socially belong to any country or social class. I have my history of trauma and group settings make me feel uneasy, which has also contributed to this dynamic.

I hope you get something out of this message. I wrote it with consideration and compassion, despite feeling upset. I also hope you found whatever it is you were looking for when you decided to communicate with me.

Have a good weekend.

I’m not choosing anything. I just think it would be nice to be able to choose more things without getting locked up in a cage.

I was actually referring to the freedom to be a vagabond, hermit, or whatever style of nomadic life you prefer.

What I’m implying is not having a registered legal residence does not allow you to claim some of your rights as a citizen in many countries. You can’t get a driver’s license, passport, etc in the USA. Here in Chile I’m pretty sure you can’t even pay taxes.

Ouch.

You have a promising future ahead of you, young human.

Now go out and enjoy yourself. It’s the weekend. :)

What about the freedom to not have a residence and not being locked up for the audacity of not living in a fixed location?

I’d like to hire you as my attorney. What are your rates?

imo all empires are built over the hunched, broken backs of many, many slaves. With any luck it might be robots in the future, i guess.

Ok so are you saying that if I lock someone in a cage and make them do everything I want, under the conditions I want them to, and if they do not comply, they will face brutal punishment and i do this during their entire life… But I have no legal ownership over this captive person (which i PROMISE is hypothetical), it’s cool cause if I look at a dictionary, they’re not a slave?

I love how you think. You’re gonna go places, friend.

Have a blessed weekend.

Good luck!

Well I could start by explaining that I, as a Chilean citizen, am subjected to a legal framework which was built upon a constitution which was made by the people of a ruler that was put in power through a CIA Operation during the administration of Richard Nixon. This constitution, while slightly modified, is still the Chilean constitution.

Enslavement is a very nuanced thing, not a boolean variable. There are many ways in which one may be and not be a slave, but yeah, legal framework is a pretty big part of that.

I could explain if you want me to, but if you prefer I just deleted my post, my comment and vanished, I can also do that. All you have to do is let me know.

If I was into enslaving human beings, I’d probably subscribe to that policy myself. :)

Holy shit, i LOVE copium! gets credit card

You might know this collective human macroorganism or superstructure as The United States of America, United States, The United States, U.S., or USA. Not unlike Satan or Lucifer, the United States of America has many names and has many tricks up its sneaky, sneaky sleeves.

They are the nation which is widely considered the current globally dominant empire, extending their hegemony through most of the americas, europe and some stategic outposts in the caribbean and asia with a complex network of competing allies in the middle east. The have the world’s most powerful (and expensive) military forces. their intel services are top tier and they are masters of managing public opinion. They control or exert influence over several “neutral” “peace keeping” organizations such as the united nations, the world bank and several other very official very serious and neutral sock puppets. They are, however, in the imperial stage of late decadence, and have become obsessed with food, sex, fame, and all other kinds of hedonism we’re familiar with, leaving the values of the old in the past, now considered lies only suckers or evil men subscribe to.

You may not believe me, but I actually like them. Lived there when I was a kid. If it wasn’t them enslaving my country and by extension myself, it would be some other empire (like China or Russia). This is one of the reasons why learning history is important. If you’re unconvinced, that’s fine. Just think of me as another fediverse nutjob. Downvote me and go on with your life. I have no intention of changing your mind and I wish you well. <3

Overall, the American populace are good people imo. Their ruling class is full of dick heads, yes. Let’s take a look at our own ruling classes, though… Yep. Also dickheads. What a surprise.

My point is, the USA is an empire and empires commit atrocities, yes, but we could have it a lot worse, you know?