Harmlosigkeit, Granfluencerinnen, Affenmediation, Losdemokratie, Gesellschaftliche Lernblockade

... This is the article I criticized here about the "surprisingly" friendly comment sections under the social media posts of granfluencers: https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/... The interview with Frans de Waal about "Medicinating Monkeys" is this one: https://nautil.us/empathy-morality-co... (Since the interview is veeeeeery long, I'm copying the relevant part here; the interview also contains a lot of other "important" information; therefore, despite this "service" from me, I recommend that you take some time to read it in all its splendor and richness—you won't regret it, I swear): NAUTILUS (Steve Paulson): "You also write that after two males have been fighting, a female will sometimes force them to make up, and even take weapons out of their hands." FRANS DE WAAL: "They confiscate weapons. Only females can do that. A male could not be a mediator because as soon as he walks into a scene like that, he’s going to be perceived as the buddy of one of the two. More than any other animal I know, chimps seem to have some understanding of their community as a whole. They seem to worry about the level of harmony in the group. Of course, they have a self-interest in doing that. Everyone benefits if the group is harmonious, so Females will monitor the fights between males. If two males don't reconcile after a fight, a high-ranking female will go over and start grooming one. After a few minutes, she will march to the other unruly male, bringing the first along with her, she will take his arm and make him follow. There are also certain high-ranking males who take what we call “the control role.” As soon as there's a little fight—even the smallest fight between two juveniles—they will go over and break up the fight. And they do not necessarily support their friends or their mother. It's very important that they do this because small fights often escalate to big fights. Anthropology and Democracy:    • Anthropologische Grundlagen der Demokratie   Democracy and Progress:    • Wie die Demokratie entstanden ist - Teil4:...   Cumulonimbus clouds, which indicate a stable approach to really nasty thunderstorms ("Can you see the patterns?"): https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2025-08/ge... "Those who don't want to govern should govern" ("Plato democratized"): https://wyriwif.wordpress.com/2018/07... Solon and the "disengaged" Citizens:    • Die Mittleren - Zur Rolle der bürgerlichen...      • Die Mittelschicht als stabilisierender Fak...   #Pattern #PatternRecognition #Progress