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Gina, I suggest when we are stressed (what at some level we are almost all the time) our instincts are what’s actually running the show and we’re damn good at going through the motions of pretending that “We” are or “I” am in charge. Little consideration or thought is focused on exactly what that We or I might actually be.

This lack of clarity and the conflict that it gives rise to is ago old.

The “Who” you point to in your question is the subject I’m asking you to consider rather than looking for identities to discover the motives for. While we can speculate about what these motives might be, only the individuals can say what their motives are if they can even be clear about them for themselves.

I don’t think of population growth as a cause of behavior. I do think the total environment which includes physical crowding plays a part in the conscious and unconscious activities that give rise to our experience which we then are in a dance with.

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