The model for 0bamacare.
I wish Congress, as a whole, were as smart as ONE terminally ill ant. ;)
Aww....
It should be noted that worker ants are non-reproductive. They can be replaced and, genetically, the colony remains unchanged.
Altruism is actually evil.
A true human altruist, like these ants, acts without regard to God out of a sterile internal determination that they have a duty to act.
There is no love in altruism, and wiithout love there is no heroism.
We often misuse the word “altruist” and apply to true heroes who are motivated by real love of neighbor rooted in God.
Referring to ants as heroes and altruists is an opportunity to drive home the distinction.
And why do I say altruism is evil?
Because a true altruist does what HE thinks must be done based on a wholly internal set of criteria - having determined that in a vacuum devoid of God.
Back in the late 80s- eary 90s, in Central Texas, we had the worst swarm of fire ants. Your weekends were spent killing mounds and everyday someone you knew - usually a child - would get viciously attacked, tens and twentys of bites.
They shorted our A/C contacts non-stop.
One strange thing I did notice during this explosion is that I’d find little mounds of dead ant bodies in places like the bathroom that grew. At night, I’d see maybe ten, then the next day the pile would be half an inch high.
I always assumed these were ant graveyards but maybe the ants were piling themselves up and dying.
So how do we know the ant’s motives? Labeling the behavior “heroic” and “altruistic” seems a bit over the top, but then it is the BBC....
Or maybe they suddenly realize the place sucks, and they’d rather go off and die. Or maybe they’re just not that bright.