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Hi, this is George LoBuono, the author of that (free) book, and
I'm truly impressed to see the civility and politeness on this board.
As for how Verdants can be so domineering, I should point out that over time, some alien populations have grown large and have either developed or have partly copied advanced technology. The problem is threefold: 1. Large, overgrown populations encounter resistance to their drastically disproportionate take of resources, so, in order to justify themselves, internally, their propaganda begins to either whitewash their harsh domineering manipulation of younger populations, or they simply portray us as dangerous primitives. Both routes de-humanize us, allowing them to commit real crimes. 2. What populations wants to be colonized by an overgrown, Orwellian alien group from another galaxy? Few, if none. From my (new) in progress book, After Contact and Conflict with Extraterrestrials:
"Millions of years ago, when gravity pulled a small galaxy into the Verdant home galaxy, Verdants watched the small galaxy’s refugees move into star systems thousands of light years from the Verdant home planet. Reportedly worried about the growth of two competitor populations, Verdants decided to end their painstakingly achieved but brief cloned reproduction phase.89 See Alien Mind. They switched back to sexual reproduction, including the sometimes more violent, territorial behavior of sexuality. A Verdant told Phillip Krapf that it cost them a measure of intellect.90 A Verdant also told Krapf that Verdants returned to sexual parenting because it was more fulfilling. However, after Verdants were genetically engineered to be less emotional, the cold and sometimes ruthless tasks of Verdant expansion and colonization may have been a bigger factor in the Verdant return to sexuality. Soon, Verdants increased in number and began to want more planets, more resources and yet more exotic travels.
"Other worlds surely criticized the decision because, in part, Verdants were using a minor galaxy merger as an excuse to expand and take more planets. Millions of years later, Verdants had spread out to inhabit thousands of star systems, including a sprinkling of colonies in surrounding galaxies.91 In order to make a place for themselves where they went, they recruited young, often naive populations into their network.
"In all likelihood, the first problem they encountered was resistance. Young, evolving populations wanted Verdant technology but probably didn’t want to permit Verdant bases in star systems surrounding their own planets. So, Verdants abducted thousands of the younger aliens and stole their reproductive materials to make hybrids, then used the hybrids to infiltrate young planets and steer them into the Verdant fold. Sometimes it worked, but there was always a crisis when a young planet discovered the plan. To avoid the hatred and reaction that occurred upon discovery, Verdants used lesser, subordinate aliens to do their abductions.
"That way, when the scheme was discovered, target planets would resent the subordinates, not Verdants. To confuse the peoples of target planets, Verdants shuffled subordinate hybrids like cards, hoping that target planets wouldn’t sort out the details, but target planets often saw through the ploy. So, at some point, in order to get their way during the latter stages of their interventions Verdants began to sabotage the internal order of target planets and sowed conflict among them to make them desperate so that they’d see Verdants as saviors. It was a heinous, criminal scheme. For example, as a Verdant told Krapf while he was onboard their ship, in one case Verdants infiltrated some 10,000 of their operatives onto a planet, allowing them to become “heads of military units, key scientists, government leaders, and chief executives of industrial complexes, including armament manufacturers. Through sabotage, subterfuge, misdirection, persuasion over great masses of the host populations, and careful manipulation of government policy,” Verdants achieved their ends on the given planet. The Challenge of Contact, p. 76-77 As a result of such manipulations, Verdant society grew more corrupt and self-centered--in an evolved yet insular alien way. When they compared themselves to less advanced target planets, Verdants felt better about the damage they’d done. Although Verdants had better science and technology, they were becoming coldly distant in ways that they hadn’t expected. In order to keep their empire intact, they probably censored ugly details out of their news in order to frustrate political movements that might call for an end to further colonization. Still, in the best minds it was obvious that their empire had grown too large and acquisitive.
"Although Milky Way aliens have cautioned some humans about Verdant activity here, most people don’t know about aliens, just yet, which has allowed Verdants further time.92"
(end of quote) Finally, 3. old aliens like Verdants have probably been genetically engineered to be less emotional, hence they feel less empathy. And, after hundreds or thousands of years of harsh, sometimes destructive colonizing routines, they become numb if not insensitive. They don't feel for victims of their policies.
Re: ALIEN MIND: The Thought and Behavior of Extraterrestrials, 2010
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