Jane Goodall Shared Wish to Transport Elon Musk and Donald Trump on Single-Journey Cosmic Voyage
After spending decades observing chimpanzee actions, Jane Goodall became a specialist on the aggressive tendencies of alpha males. In a newly published interview recorded shortly before her demise, the renowned primatologist shared her unique solution for dealing with specific people she viewed as exhibiting similar qualities: transporting them on a one-way journey into outer space.
Final Documentary Discloses Honest Views
This extraordinary viewpoint into Goodall's thinking emerges from the Netflix documentary "Final Words", which was filmed in March and maintained private until after her latest passing at the age of 91.
"I know individuals I don't like, and I wish to send them on one of Musk's spaceships and dispatch them to the celestial body he's convinced he'll find," commented Goodall during her conversation with her interlocutor.
Specific Individuals Mentioned
When questioned whether the SpaceX founder, famous for his disputed actions and connections, would be part of this group, Goodall replied affirmatively.
"Oh, absolutely. He would be the organizer. You can imagine who I'd put on that spaceship. Along with Musk would be Trump and several of Trump's loyal adherents," she announced.
"Additionally I would include Vladimir Putin among them, and I would include Xi Jinping. Without question I would add Benjamin Netanyahu among the passengers and his far-right government. Send them all on that vessel and send them off."
Previous Criticism
This was not the earlier occasion that Goodall, a supporter of environmental causes, had voiced concerns about Donald Trump in particular.
In a previous discussion, she had observed that he exhibited "the same sort of actions as a male chimpanzee demonstrates when he's competing for dominance with another. They're upright, they parade, they project themselves as really more large and hostile than they may actually be in order to daunt their opponents."
Leadership Styles
During her posthumous documentary, Goodall further explained her understanding of leadership types.
"We get, remarkably, two types of dominant individual. The first achieves dominance through pure aggression, and because they're strong and they battle, they don't endure very long. The second type succeeds by utilizing strategy, like a younger individual will just confront a higher ranking one if his friend, typically a relative, is supporting him. And research shows, they remain much, much longer," she explained.
Social Interactions
The famous researcher also examined the "political aspect" of behavior, and what her extensive studies had taught her about aggressive behaviors exhibited by human communities and chimpanzees when faced with something they considered hostile, despite the fact that no risk truly existed.
"Chimpanzees observe an outsider from a nearby tribe, and they become very stimulated, and their fur bristles, and they stretch and make physical contact, and they display these faces of anger and fear, and it spreads, and the rest absorb that sentiment that a single individual has had, and the entire group grows combative," she detailed.
"It spreads rapidly," she added. "Certain displays that turn aggressive, it sweeps through them. Each member wishes to get involved and turn violent. They're guarding their domain or battling for supremacy."
Similar Human Behavior
When questioned if she thought similar behaviors were present in human beings, Goodall replied: "Probably, in certain situations. But I firmly think that the bulk of humanity are good."
"My primary aspiration is raising this new generation of compassionate citizens, beginnings and development. But are we allowing enough time? It's unclear. It's a really grim time."
Historical Perspective
Goodall, a London native five years before the beginning of the Second World War, compared the battle with the darkness of present day politics to England opposing the Third Reich, and the "determined resistance" displayed by the British leader.
"However, this isn't to say you won't experience moments of depression, but subsequently you recover and say, 'Well, I'm not going to permit their victory'," she commented.
"It's like the Prime Minister during the conflict, his famous speech, we'll fight them on the beaches, we shall battle them in the streets and urban areas, afterward he commented to a companion and was heard to say, 'and we'll fight them at the ends of broken bottles as that's the only thing we've bloody well got'."
Parting Words
In her concluding remarks, Goodall offered words of encouragement for those combating governmental suppression and the ecological disaster.
"Even today, when the planet is dark, there remains possibility. Don't lose hope. When faith diminishes, you grow apathetic and take no action," she recommended.
"Whenever you desire to preserve the existing splendor in this world β if you want to preserve Earth for subsequent eras, your descendants, later generations β then think about the actions you implement daily. As, replicated countless, a billion times, even small actions will make for substantial improvement."