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While this observation leaves many questions, it goes to show how
behavior
changes based on how the environment changes. To think that our human
society
is locked into some prison of `instinct' and `human nature' is not viable. Even if we have `predispositions' to certain survival patterns, it is still the environment that generates the actual
behavior
. In the words of Epidemiology professor Sir Michael Marmot in reference to the Baboon Study:
"I would say that what we have learned... from the study of the nonhuman primates is that the conditions in which
people
live...are absolutely vital to their health. I think what we are trying to create is a better
society
...how can we create a
society
that has the conditions which will allow
people
to flourish, and that's where this is heading- to create a better
society
that promotes human flourishing."73
Dr. Sapolsky adds:
"One of the things the baboons teach us is that if they are able to, in one generation, transform what are supposed to be textbook social systems, `engraved in stone'... we don't have an excuse when we say there are certain inevitabilities of human social systems."74
In a Resource-Based Economy, the goals are equality, liberty and abundance. If these environmental factors can be created for humanity, our social system will evolve out of the degenerative, corrupt and self interest oriented patterns we see today. The Legal System: When it comes to human
behavior
,
society
today attempts to control itself by way of threat, using Laws. Laws are there to control
people
. They are `patches' which do not address the root causes of
behavior
. If a person is arrested for stealing, very little thought is given as to why that person chooses to steal to begin with. Rather than consider the root causes,
society
takes the easy way out and often removes the "criminal" via prisons. As of 2007, over 9 million
people
are in prisons throughout the world, with the United States leading the way with the highest prison population of any other country.75 This is just sad. The source of any so-called crime is really
society
itself. There is no such thing as a "criminal". As repeatedly expressed, the Monetary System generates corruption by its very construct. As the Merva & Fowles study presented previously clearly shows, socially offensive
behavior
is directly related to socioeconomic circumstances. The great majority of
people
in prisons come from deprived socioeconomic positions.
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Interview with Sir Micheal Marmot, Stress, National Geographic, 2008 Interview with R. Sapolsky, Stress, National Geographic, 2008 75 Walmsley, Roy, World Prison Population 2007, International Center for Prison Studies, London 76
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