Cooperating With, and Avoiding People

OFTEN, IN CONVERSATIONS, I mention how little I like the human race, how much I prefer dogs and cats to humans. Somehow, it just seems to come up. I back up my position by citing a Harvard study which revealed that a high percentage of the American people, something like twenty percent, claims to prefer dogs and cats over people. Nearly everyone I mention this to self identifies as part of the dog and cat crowd, and expresses surprise that the Harvard study doesn't give a higher percentage of human haters. Consider this: one point five millions Americans have surgically reversed their gender. They all seem to mean it. what about changing species? What about leaving homo sap behind, and soaring through the friendly skies as an eagle, or lounging as a spoiled house cat? It'll probably be possible, in the future. My personal preference is based on my past and current life, and history, general human history. World Wars One and Two are enough unto themselves to make me question human sanity, human behavior in general. How peaceful and loving are we, and how violent? You can never name all the wars. There have been too many. There are too many now - what, thirty or forty, at any given time, all over the world? In my personal life, I cannot ignore the constant rude, angry, petty behavior I see all around me, directed at me, and others. Dogs and cats, on the other hand, never hold a grudge, love you unconditionally, and are forever loving and loyal. They only engage in violence sporadically, for brief periods of time, usually without disastrous consequences. In terms of violence, no other species does it with the consistently ruthless efficiency and destruction as homo sapiens, aka us. And yet, of all the mammals on earth, human beings are by far the most sociable, the most cooperative among themselves. Wolf packs are closely tied together, monkeys and apes nurture their young and live in communities, but even the most social animal does not come close to our level of sociability and cooperation. Its what makes our successful domination of the planet possible, our high level high tech civilization. Ironically, our cooperative nature is why we engage in warfare on such a large scale, with such highly organized, ruthless efficiency. So yes, when I make my antisocial remarks, I try to remember to add that we humans are indeed noble, compassionate, and caring creatures, who have achieved much and can achieve infinitely more in the future. But somehow, at the end of the day, I always end up home, alone, with the phone turned off, no social media, and a house full of dogs and cat. Who knows? Maybe some fine day I'll become one of them........THANKS FOR VISITING!.