Why Men Share - An Allegory

In a group of 10 men, there is a man who is the strongest. On any bright and sunny day, if these men go out into a wide-open flat field, that man would be able to beat up the other 9. He could beat them to a bloody pulp, taking all they have and making himself the god of his world.

But for whatever reason, when it rains, that man loses his edge. He becomes clumsy in the rain. Thus, on that same flat field in the rain, a second man becomes the strongest.

Yet, on a slanted field in the rain, another of the men is most adept at winning fights. On a slanted field in the sun, yet another man is most adept. In the woods, yet another man. In the woods and in the snow, yet another man.

At any one specific moment in time and at a specific place, there is one man of the ten who could dominate the rest. Yet, time and space are constantly changing. The man who at one moment is the dominator becomes the dominated the next.

These men eventually realize this situation. They have no control over time. The men have no control over the weather, which affects their effectiveness. They have no control over the wildlife that migrates in and out of certain spaces, causing the men to move from place to place.

The world around these men, as for all men, is constantly changing. The world is in flux.

The man who is the strongest at any given moment could try and dominate the rest. But by the time he’s about to dominate, the world as changed, and he has lost his edge. Instead of these 10 men attempting to dominate, failing, and repeating the cycle throughout all time, they decide to share. They decide to live in harmony. They decide to share laws. Live as equals.

They do this, not because its god’s way, or because it’s the inherently right way, but because it’s the smartest way, the easiest way, the most beneficial way for all 10 men.
They decide to be equal in domination, not over each other, but over the physical world around them. They create laws and rules. They create different roles for themselves. One focuses on hunting, another becomes a doctor, another is the carpenter. Together, they are a unit.