“All this damage has come about through our conquest of the world, but we have to go on conquering until our rule is absolute. Then when we’re in complete control, everything will be fine.”
This belief that man is capable and entitled to complete mastery of the world is a result of his misguided belief that the word exist only for man. Because of mankind’s past accomplishments man believes that he can accomplish anything and will attempt to gain control over that which he does not.
2. Flaws of humanity
“Man was born to turn this world into a paradise, but tragically he was born flawed. And so his paradise has always been spoiled by stupidity, greed, destructiveness and shortsightedness.”
While humanity does have these problems, there is still nothing that is fundamentally wrong with people. When presented with power to rule the world they will do so and act almighty. This means that humanity’s greatest flaw is the stories and beliefs created by humans to promote themselves as the “lords of the world”.
3. Humans conquer that which stands in their way
“Given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe , and inevitably their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.”
Since the agricultural revolution, the wilderness stopped being a source of humanity’s food and began to be looked at as an impediment to the growth of society. No longer did humans need to hunt for their food, they could just get it through farming or raising animals. With such simple methods of obtaining food there soon became a surplus and with that surplus came an influx in human population. More space was required for these people so we began to tear down the forests to get more habitable land.
Humans have always been rather warlike; when some faction stands in the way of another’s goals they get attacked and conquered. Natural obstacles, such as hurricanes, tornados, wild animals, and so forth, also stand in humanity’s way and humanity strives to conquer them for expansion.
4. Humans don’t know how they ought to live
“We need prophets to tell us how we ought to live because otherwise we wouldn’t know.”
Taker culture is largely dependent on prophets to tell humanity the way in which they should live. This is because there isn’t much information available on the subject since much of what humans should be doing turns into happening after-the-fact.
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