Bargaining And Penalties – Hallmarks Of r-selection

A hallmark of r-selection here:

TransCanada Corp is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday.

TransCanada submitted a notice for an arbitration claim in January and had then tried to negotiate with the U.S. government to “reach an amicable settlement,” the company said in files posted on the pipeline’s website.

“Unfortunately, the parties were unable to settle the dispute.”

TransCanada said it then filed its formal arbitration request under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provisions, seeking to recover what it says are costs and damages.

So Obama nixed the Keystone Pipeline, and now Canadian companies want NAFTA to order the US to pay them for what they spent preparing to do the deal. In the future, companies will be able to sue for the profits they would have made, but were denied.

When resources are in excess, these types of arrangements fly, because it is easier to simply hand over the money and avoid the fight. Resources are everywhere, so when threatened you flee the conflict. The amygdala relevance weighs for minimal aversive stimulus, and avoiding the fight always wins over saving resources, when resources are free.

Much of our government today, in this r-selected time, is predicated on the idea that it is easier for the citizenry to simply fork over the money, or deal with the headaches, than to actually fight for the principle. Import all the savages you can, settle them in a community that doesn’t want them, issue fines, demand increased regulations, destroy industries, and so on. Nobody will fight, because it is easier to find more resources elsewhere.

It is not stressful to the K-strategist because it is a real threat. We can get resources elsewhere just as easily as the rabbit who is programmed to want such tyranny – and programmed to want to cower before it.

This is stressful to a K-strategist because they are not designed for the whole world that comes with it. K-strategists want a world of morals, where people treat each other decently and with respect. Where people are loyal to their communities and nation. Where everyone wants to see the nation succeed. Where greatness is promoted, instead of pathiety.

This is one of the things to look forward to at the Apocalypse. When resources grow short, people will be primed to fight, and suddenly a lot of mealy-mouthed, immoral cowards who have grown used to issuing edicts with an expectation of tribute forthcoming, will suddenly find it is easier for themselves to treat people decently and avoid being killed, instead of constantly trying to threaten with havoc and abuse in the hopes that people will throw money and power at them to make them go away.

It is funny to think of the Apocalypse as an event promoting order and decency, but it will – mainly because of the number of firearms in America and the willingness of angered K-strategists to use them.