You always get me thinking, Swami ... (thank you! and I thought this might fit in well here ...

Rather like a "space age" Lord of the Flies situation ... I've been reminded of Buckminster Fuller's Grunch of Giants:

I read it back in the 80's, but came across this just now,

"Spaceship Earth now has 150 admirals. The five admirals in the staterooms immediately above the ship's fuel tanks claim that they own the oil. The admirals with staterooms surrounding the ship's kitchen, dining rooms, and food refrigerators claim they own all the food. Those with a stateroom next to a lifeboat claim that they own the lifeboat, and so forth. They then have an onboard game called balance of trade. Very shortly the majority of admirals have a deficit balance. All the while the starboard-side admirals are secretly planning to list the boat to port far enough to drown the portside admirals, while the portside admirals are secretly trying to list the boat to starboard far enough to drown the starboard-side admirals. Nobody is paying any attention to operating the ship or steering it to some port. They run out of food and fuel. They discover that they can no longer reach a port of supply. Finis."

Pdf of Grunch of Giants:

https://tripinsurancestore.com/4/grunch-of-giants.pdf

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