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[QUOTE=Stonebow]
Thank you! You’v put my objections to this whole thing very eloquently. It just seems as though the ‘freedom’ being put forward by the OP is just the opposite of this. - clip - **
I’ll paste my new and improved, and shorter, essay here for your edification. I am comletely backing away from “district based communities” because people are not yet ready to have that discussion. Instead I’m simply going to promote that we have tolerance for people who wish to openly discuss cultivating their unique aggregate phenotypes as part of their lives and pursuit of enjoyment and happiness.
We have discovered that there is order to what gives us life - genetic life. All genetic life upon the planet has both similarities and differences. With each new birth of a plant, animal or human, genetic life changes one more time. These changes are the recombination of genetics from the male and female coupled with random mutations that occur. Humans are intelligent genetic life. By that I mean that, compared to the animal world, humans have written language, technology and things which define us as intelligent - we created the word “intelligent.” Given that we are intelligent, we can write about what freedoms we should all have, and much has been written already about our freedoms.
Since we are genetic life, and genetic life changes from generation to generation, naturally the concept of "the branching human race" will be continuously discussed. What kind of branching? Well, we are genetic life so genetic branching of course - although cultural branching is certainly not excluded from this discussion. Over the past many ages of mankind, the human species has branched off into a variety of different genetic morphologies and cultures. During the recent media and information age of mankind, the concept of "One Human Race Only" has been promoted and thusly become popular. This concept holds that all humans should perceive themselves as part of a one-human-genetic-mass and mate with anybody accordingly without any concept of human genetic branching. This Global view of human genetics as "one" is promoted in the media and educational system, while the "branching human race" is not promoted. That's why I'm here! There was a void of intellect and I'm filling it; feel free to join me. This essay will discuss the branching human race, and I like to call it Genetic Freedom.
In the natural world, genetic life changes slowly by competing violently for survival. Humans have competed violently throughout their history. Violent genetic branching is obviously undesirable, so I will discuss how peaceful branching can be achieved. Creating a civilization that respects the notion of the branching human race, would involve some changes. The single most important change would be how we view the human race and how we teach our kids about it. Limiting education to the concepts of the one-human-genetic-mass, will lead kids to disrespect anybody who wants to talk about and pursue unique aggregate phenotypes and mutations. Let's discuss what is meant by "unique aggregate phenotypes and mutations," because that is the foundation and purpose of Genetic Freedom.
All genetic life branches with isolated reproduction. Over the past many ages of mankind, the human species has branched off into a variety of different genetic morphologies and cultures which we can call ethnic groups or tribes. This population diversity was created due to relatively isolated reproduction within the different land zones of the planet, coupled with cultural population influences and admixtures with adjacent populations and migratory peoples over the millennia. Each of these ethnic groups or tribes will have unique aggregate phenotypic genetics and some mutational uniqueness. The term "aggregate" obviously indicates that there are more than just one of these unique, population specific, phenotypes. There may be only a few or perhaps as many as several hundred depending on which two populations are being compared. A child that is born to two members of the same group, who both have the same unique aggregate phenotypes, will also have the phenotypes, and their genetic morphology will develop accordingly. There is a lot of "gray" area here and how a baby turns out is not an absolute, but rather a probability trend as the genetics recombine from the mother and father. No part of the human body is excluded from unique aggregate phenotypes, including the brain. The term "unique aggregate phenotypes" deals with those specific collection of genetic phenotypes that ethnic group 'A' has, but ethnic group 'B' does not, and any two ethnic groups can be compared for how they are different. Cosmetic differences are the ones we all can easily see, but many other "invisible" differences also exist. A book was written suggesting that "genetic differences within the races are greater than genetic differences between them." Don't let this statement confuse you. "The races" are very, very broad human categorizations and a statement of this kind, if proven true some day, would not be a surprise. Studies of this kind are still in their infancy, and the only way to be 100% certain of the genetic science is to sequence all 3 billion base pairs (30,000 genes) - and that takes lots of time. Other methods of doing genetic testing and comparison are less foolproof than sequencing all 30,000 genes, and the above quote is based upon those other studies. Genetic Freedom is at the level of ethnic group or tribe, rather than "race." If the above statement is validated as true some day, it is actually good for Genetic Freedom because it means that there is already a lot of genetic diversity within people that are "of the same race" and possible "ethnic group." which is also no surprise when one understands genetics. All humans are more alike than different, genetically, but each unique population has unique aggregate phenotypes and that is what we are talking about with Genetic Freedom.
How do people cultivate their unique aggregate phenotypes and mutations? As we live our lives and pursue happiness, thinking about genetics positively and with a sense of fun is just part of enjoying life. As mentioned already, the first most important thing is to teach people that "it's OK" to do this. The current political, media, and educational environment frowns upon any notion of the human race branching and instead actively promotes that we are "all one" and should mate accordingly. With that type of education, nobody can peacefully and happily pursue Genetic Freedom because they would become outcasts in an intolerant society. This intolerance is a function of how we are educating the kids, so education is the first, most important step to implementing Genetic Freedom in a society. We already teach tolerance to all the kids, now it's time to expand the definition of tolerance to be all inclusive.
Moving on, let's assume a society is educated to be tolerant of Genetic Freedom. What is the next step of implementation? Once we have a tolerant society, there are many ways we could allow people to express Genetic Freedom. Do we let groups have local district based communities so they can fully express their cultures, properly raise their kids, and cultivate strong group cohesion and love? It certainly seems like that would be a positive thing for society. There is one little problem, however. If only ethnic group "B" is allowed to move into this district, that means any other ethnicities that want to buy a house there, would be denied. This is called discrimination in housing, and even though in a world tolerant of Genetic Freedom, there is no mal-intent behind this discrimination (which means simply distinguishing accurately), the problem arises with the history of the United States and of the world. Lot's of pain and suffering from the past like slavery, suppression and oppression make us fear the notion of "free and happy" discrimination to promote free Genetic Freedom districts. Sure, in a more enlightened time, this type of community may be possible, but for now let's assume that society isn't yet ready for this. Is there some other way to implement Genetic Freedom? Sure there is. Once a population is educated to be tolerant of those who wish to openly discuss and promote their variety of Genetic Freedom, it will occur naturally. Even today there are communities that are composed of largely the same ethnic group. But, regardless of that, who people mate with in a society tolerant of Genetic Freedom will become a more specific choice and people will genuinely think about it. Frankly, that is all that's required for Genetic Freedom to flourish - people to openly and happily think and talk about it. That's not the world we live in today, so perhaps its time for tolerance to reach out to new frontiers.
