[Thatcherite]

The strong surviving and the weak not surviving is the very basis of Darwin's theory, is it not? Einstein was a weak little old man, and criminals, who are strong, would have had no appreciation for his finer points. You might say Einstein has to survive for the sake of our civilization, or our species, but how could you convince the criminal of that? Is he really interested in "cooperation?"

Societies that enforce cooperation work. Societies that don't enforce cooperation don't work. Collectively we have learned to value the contribution of "weak little old men", and we act (more or less decisively) to restrain those who do not.

[Liberty Wins]

Ideas have consequences.