Jane Goodall Expressed Desire to Launch Musk and Trump on Non-Return Cosmic Voyage
After spending decades observing chimpanzee behavior, Jane Goodall became an authority on the combative nature of dominant males. In a recently released interview documented shortly before her death, the celebrated primatologist revealed her unusual solution for handling certain individuals she viewed as exhibiting similar traits: transporting them on a one-way journey into the cosmos.
Final Documentary Discloses Candid Thoughts
This remarkable viewpoint into Goodall's philosophy emerges from the Netflix production "Last Statements", which was filmed in March and kept secret until after her latest death at the age of 91.
"I've encountered persons I dislike, and I want to put them on one of Musk's spaceships and launch them to the celestial body he's sure he'll find," remarked Goodall during her conversation with the interviewer.
Particular Personalities Identified
When inquired whether the tech billionaire, famous for his disputed actions and associations, would be part of this group, Goodall replied positively.
"Yes, definitely. He would be the organizer. You can imagine the people I would place on that spacecraft. Together with Musk would be Trump and various Trump's loyal adherents," she declared.
"And then I would add Vladimir Putin on board, and I would place China's President Xi. I'd certainly put Benjamin Netanyahu on that journey and his far-right government. Send them all on that spaceship and launch them."
Past Observations
This was not the earlier occasion that Goodall, a supporter of ecological preservation, had expressed criticism about the former president in particular.
In a earlier conversation, she had noted that he displayed "similar type of conduct as an alpha chimp exhibits when he's competing for supremacy with a rival. They're upright, they parade, they portray themselves as much larger and combative than they really are in order to frighten their competitors."
Dominance Patterns
During her last recorded conversation, Goodall further explained her analysis of alpha personalities.
"We see, notably, two kinds of alpha. The first achieves dominance all by aggression, and because they're strong and they fight, they don't remain for extended periods. The second type succeeds by utilizing strategy, like a younger individual will only challenge a higher ranking one if his companion, frequently a sibling, is alongside him. And research shows, they endure much, much longer," she detailed.
Collective Behavior
The celebrated primatologist also analyzed the "social dimension" of behavior, and what her extensive studies had shown her about combative conduct displayed by people and apes when faced with something they considered hostile, despite the fact that no risk really was present.
"Chimpanzees observe a stranger from an adjacent group, and they grow highly agitated, and their fur bristles, and they reach out and touch another, and they show visages of hostility and apprehension, and it catches, and the others adopt that emotion that a single individual has had, and everyone turns aggressive," she described.
"It spreads rapidly," she noted. "Certain displays that become hostile, it permeates the group. Everyone desires to get involved and become aggressive. They're guarding their area or fighting for supremacy."
Comparable Human Reactions
When asked if she considered the same dynamics applied to people, Goodall replied: "Likely, on occasion. But I truly believe that the bulk of humanity are good."
"My main objective is raising this new generation of compassionate citizens, roots and shoots. But do we have time? It's unclear. These are difficult times."
Historical Context
Goodall, a London native five years before the commencement of the the global conflict, likened the fight against the difficulties of current political landscape to England opposing Nazi Germany, and the "unyielding attitude" displayed by Winston Churchill.
"This doesn't imply you avoid having periods of sadness, but eventually you emerge and declare, 'Well, I refuse to let them win'," she remarked.
"It's like the leader in the war, his famous speech, we'll fight them along the shores, we will resist them along the roads and urban areas, afterward he commented to a companion and was heard to say, 'and we will oppose them using the fragments of broken bottles since that's everything we've bloody well got'."
Closing Thoughts
In her last message, Goodall provided inspiring thoughts for those resisting political oppression and the climate emergency.
"In current times, when the planet is difficult, there still is optimism. Preserve faith. When faith diminishes, you grow apathetic and do nothing," she counseled.
"And if you wish to preserve the existing splendor on our planet – should you desire to save the planet for coming generations, your grandchildren, their offspring – then contemplate the choices you take every day. As, multiplied countless, multiple occasions, even small actions will make for significant transformation."
