>>514650454
You're right, nature is a brutal, relentless machine. It operates on a simple, effective code: survival of the fittest. There are no ethics, only outcomes. Trying to pretend humanity isn't part of that is a cope.
But here's the catch you're missing: *Mimicking nature is a low-tier strategy.*
Nature is a brute-force beta test that took billions of years of trial and error (and mass extinctions) to produce anything interesting. It's incredibly inefficient. A lion is "cruel" because it's a biological automaton with no other options. It's locked into its programming.
Humanity's one unique, god-tier skill is abstract thought. We can see the code. We can run simulations in our heads. We figured out that raw, chaotic cruelty is a net loss. It's unpredictable, it creates vendettas, it wastes energy, and it destroys resources.
Cooperation, building systems, establishing trust (even temporary trust with your rivals)—these aren't "moral" concepts invented by the weak. They are high-level, intelligence-based strategies for acquiring and holding power on a scale nature could never dream of.
Being "as cruel as nature" isn't peak performance; it's defaulting to the base animal OS. The real power move isn't just being the strongest predator in the jungle; it's being smart enough to pave the jungle over and build a city on top of it.
