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by mftb 21 days ago
Thank you for saying this. I've been saying this for years. No one listens.
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may i ask in what context youve been saying this? I suspect it aint ant colonies...
When an ant colony has damaged ants or isn't making enough ants it's just better to mass import ants from another colony.
just say what youre trying to say
He said it. Ants are just economic units and easily squishable/replaceable.

I don't think anyone is adding anything to it.

No, ants are not the topic of discussion here... the original comment was extending the ant patterns to human communities, and the comment I replied to said they've been saying this for years (presumably about human communities). I'm trying to get rid of the misdirection and see exactly which ant colony practices people are saying should be done with/to human communities, and why.
In a sense, Aldous Huxley explored these ideas in his novel "Brave New World." [0] The novel describes a world were there is a rational order to human society, which has been engineered to be "optimal." A very good read I highly recommend.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World