After devoting her life observing chimpanzee actions, Jane Goodall became a specialist on the combative nature of leading males. In a newly published interview documented shortly before her passing, the famous primatologist disclosed her unusual solution for handling certain individuals she viewed as displaying similar characteristics: sending them on a permanent journey into outer space.
This notable perspective into Goodall's thinking emerges from the Netflix documentary "Last Statements", which was recorded in March and maintained private until after her recent passing at nine decades of life.
"There are people I dislike, and I want to put them on one of Musk's spaceships and send them all off to the planet he's convinced he'll locate," commented Goodall during her interview with the interviewer.
When inquired whether the tech billionaire, famous for his disputed actions and connections, would be among them, Goodall replied with certainty.
"Oh, absolutely. He'd be the organizer. Envision who I'd put on that vessel. Along with Musk would be Donald Trump and some of Trump's real supporters," she announced.
"Furthermore I would include the Russian president on board, and I would include China's leader. I'd certainly put Israel's prime minister among the passengers and his political allies. Place them all on that vessel and dispatch them."
This wasn't the first time that Goodall, a champion of environmental causes, had expressed criticism about Donald Trump specifically.
In a earlier conversation, she had observed that he exhibited "comparable kind of behavior as an alpha chimp exhibits when he's competing for leadership with a rival. They posture, they strut, they project themselves as much larger and aggressive than they may actually be in order to intimidate their competitors."
During her final interview, Goodall expanded upon her analysis of alpha personalities.
"We observe, notably, two categories of alpha. One does it solely through combat, and since they're powerful and they battle, they don't endure indefinitely. Others do it by employing intelligence, like a young male will just confront a higher ranking one if his ally, often his brother, is with him. And research shows, they last much, much longer," she clarified.
The famous researcher also analyzed the "political aspect" of actions, and what her comprehensive research had shown her about aggressive behaviors exhibited by people and apes when confronted with something they viewed as hostile, even if no danger really was present.
"Chimps observe a stranger from a neighboring community, and they become very stimulated, and their hair erect, and they stretch and touch another, and they've got expressions of anger and fear, and it catches, and the rest absorb that sentiment that a single individual has had, and they all become hostile," she described.
"It spreads rapidly," she continued. "Certain displays that grow violent, it spreads among them. They all want to get involved and grow hostile. They're protecting their domain or battling for control."
When questioned if she considered the same patterns were present in humans, Goodall answered: "Perhaps, on occasion. But I firmly think that most people are good."
"My primary aspiration is nurturing the upcoming generation of caring individuals, foundations and growth. But do we have time? It's unclear. It's a really grim time."
Goodall, a London native shortly before the commencement of the the global conflict, likened the fight against the darkness of contemporary politics to Britain standing up German forces, and the "spirit of obstinance" exhibited by the British leader.
"That doesn't mean you won't experience times of despair, but then you come out and say, 'OK, I won't allow to let them win'," she stated.
"It resembles Churchill during the conflict, his iconic words, we shall combat them at the coastlines, we shall battle them in the streets and urban areas, then he turned aside to an associate and reportedly stated, 'and we will oppose them using the fragments of damaged containers since that's everything we actually possess'."
In her concluding remarks, Goodall provided words of encouragement for those combating political oppression and the environmental crisis.
"At present, when the world is dark, there remains possibility. Preserve faith. When faith diminishes, you grow unresponsive and do nothing," she recommended.
"Whenever you want to save the existing splendor in this world – when you wish to preserve Earth for coming generations, your grandchildren, their offspring – then contemplate the decisions you make each day. As, replicated a million, multiple occasions, even small actions will create significant transformation."
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