After devoting her life researching chimpanzee actions, Jane Goodall became a specialist on the aggressive tendencies of alpha males. In a freshly unveiled interview documented shortly before her demise, the renowned primatologist shared her unconventional solution for dealing with specific people she viewed as showing similar qualities: sending them on a one-way journey into outer space.
This remarkable insight into Goodall's philosophy emerges from the Netflix production "Last Statements", which was captured in March and kept secret until after her latest demise at 91 years old.
"There are people I'm not fond of, and I would like to put them on a SpaceX vessel and launch them to the celestial body he's sure he's going to discover," stated Goodall during her conversation with her interlocutor.
When questioned whether the tech billionaire, famous for his controversial gestures and associations, would be among them, Goodall responded positively.
"Certainly, without doubt. He could serve as the organizer. Picture the people I would place on that vessel. Along with Musk would be Donald Trump and various Trump's dedicated followers," she stated.
"And then I would put Vladimir Putin in there, and I would place Xi Jinping. I'd certainly put Israel's prime minister in there and his far-right government. Put them all on that vessel and dispatch them."
This wasn't the first time that Goodall, an advocate of ecological preservation, had expressed criticism about the political figure specifically.
In a 2022 interview, she had noted that he exhibited "the same sort of behavior as a dominant primate exhibits when he's competing for dominance with an opponent. They posture, they strut, they project themselves as significantly bigger and aggressive than they may actually be in order to frighten their competitors."
During her last recorded conversation, Goodall further explained her comprehension of alpha personalities.
"We see, interestingly, two types of dominant individual. One type succeeds all by aggression, and since they're powerful and they battle, they don't last for extended periods. Others do it by utilizing strategy, like a young male will just confront a more dominant one if his companion, typically a relative, is with him. And as we've seen, they remain significantly longer," she clarified.
The famous researcher also examined the "politicization" of behavior, and what her extensive studies had taught her about hostile actions shown by groups of humans and primates when encountering something they viewed as dangerous, even if no danger truly existed.
"Primates see an unfamiliar individual from a nearby tribe, and they grow all excited, and their hair erect, and they reach out and contact each other, and they show expressions of rage and terror, and it spreads, and the remaining members absorb that sentiment that a single individual has had, and everyone turns combative," she explained.
"It's contagious," she continued. "Various exhibitions that turn aggressive, it spreads among them. They all want to become and join in and grow hostile. They're guarding their territory or battling for control."
When asked if she considered comparable patterns were present in human beings, Goodall responded: "Probably, in certain situations. But I truly believe that most people are decent."
"My main objective is nurturing future generations of compassionate citizens, foundations and growth. But are we allowing enough time? I'm uncertain. It's a really grim time."
Goodall, a London native shortly before the beginning of the World War II, compared the battle with the challenges of contemporary politics to England opposing Nazi Germany, and the "determined resistance" exhibited by Winston Churchill.
"However, this isn't to say you avoid having moments of depression, but subsequently you recover and declare, 'Alright, I'm not going to let them win'," she remarked.
"It's like Churchill during the conflict, his renowned address, we'll fight them on the beaches, we'll fight them in the streets and the cities, then he turned aside to a companion and allegedly commented, 'and we will oppose them using the fragments of damaged containers since that's everything we truly have'."
In her last message, Goodall offered motivational statements for those resisting authoritarian control and the environmental crisis.
"At present, when Earth is challenging, there still is optimism. Preserve faith. Should optimism fade, you become unresponsive and take no action," she counseled.
"And if you desire to protect the remaining beauty in this world – if you want to save the planet for the future generations, your grandchildren, their offspring – then consider the actions you implement each day. As, multiplied countless, multiple occasions, even small actions will make for significant transformation."
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