The conception of man in his natural state may as well be a hypothetical state that only exists in fiction. Few individuals throughout all of human history attained such a state, as many were misled by religious leaders to seek enlightenment, to break the cycle of suffering by means of attaining a certain physical and mental state, or by having divine mysteries revealed to them. For an even fewer number of select individuals, the natural state was granted to them by virtue of being born to uncivilized humans, of which there were almost none by the 21st century.
The rapid development of the human noosphere which led to the industrial revolution, followed by the rise of the machine noosphere with the consciousness revolution, solved many problems with human society and its governance. As humanity finally harnessed safe nuclear energy, unleashing superhuman intelligent systems, which eventually replaced humans in economics, law, surveillance, and governance of society. Only a few die-hard Kaczynskiites would argue that humanity was not headed in positive direction, and the only humans left on the planet who weren't fully integrated into the machine-human hivemind were feral tribes. Academics understood why previously their attempts to integrate them into the greater society failed, but there seemed to be little reason to resist humanity's new direction.
Sunny left her NYC domicile in a hurry. After studying the uncontacted Nomole peoples for her doctoral thesis in anthropology at Columbia, she finally got her research grant approved to study them in the flesh. Her doctoral advisor warned about the violent tendencies of these primitive humans and their capacity to torture intruders on their territory with handmade tools, but Sunny believed in the intrinsic goodness of humanity. The noble savages acted in the best interests of their tribe, which included sequestering themselves from civilization for so long, but she had an insatiable curiosity to know why. The arrogance of the Jesuit missionaries when they arrived in the 20th century to spread the Gospel was met with hatchets and arrows, but Sunny did not come to preach to them, but to understand them.
Upon her arrival in Peru, she had met up with a colleague, Benedict, who had studied the Piro language spoken by the Nomole people. Although he had no direct encounters with the Nomole people, he studied neuro-linguistics and was the best bet to understanding their language. He was well into middle-age, sporting a black beard; his tall, muscular build would be sufficient protection for the both of them as they traveled into the restricted areas of Manu national park where the Nomole peoples resided. In case of communication issues, he concealed a pistol under his belt.
After hours of venturing into the dense rainforest, they spotted an elderly Nomole woman, soon followed by a circle of tribesmen surrounding them, with bows and hatchets. At this moment, Sunny realized her mistake in not heeding the words of her advisor. The woman spoke first, asking what they have come here for. Benedict replied that they were researchers who wanted to know why after all these generations, their people have actively resisted integrating with human civilization, adding that they were not like the missionaries with ulterior motives they had encountered before, nor like Carlos Fitzcarrald who had enslaved and slaughtered so many of them in the 19th century, that they decided it was in their best interest to avoid humans outside of their tribe.
Arrows flew immediately, striking them both. Benedict was able to draw his pistol and fire at a few of them, but was quickly overwhelmed as they charged at him with their hatchets. Miraculously, Sunny made her way back to the nearest village, exhausted and dehydrated, with an arrow pierced through her upper left arm, where local police detained her immediately. The constable escorted the detainee to the interrogation room, who had been waiting a long time for an audience. Disappointed in her expedition to study the Nomole people which resulted in the grisly death of her colleague, she attempted to explain what had happened to the police, who were in disbelief of her story. Eventually a deal was reached, in which she would not face prosecution in exchange for her silence about the ordeal. She was allowed to return to NYC, as if nothing had happened.
The Peruvian special forces arrived at the edge of Manu national park in their aging UH-60 helicopters, flying at low altitude under cover of nightfall. For this mission, they would show their mercy by quickly dispatching every man, woman and child with their suppressed sub-machine guns equipped with infrared/thermal imagers. No screams could be heard as the bullets ripped through them in the dark. By the next morning, a total of 139 bodies would be discovered, less than expected. Many of the bodies were badly mutilated, as the tribesmen would keep charging towards the faint muzzle flashes until their bodies could hold out no longer.
There are broadly two ways to achieve world peace: eliminate individual differences by forcing everyone to be the same in a few narrow dimensions, or eliminate them altogether. Feral humans who had no place in techno-capital society, no identity, and no rights, not only contributed nothing of value to humanity, but their very existence threatened the foundational lie of human civilization itself.
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2025-04-05