This is not for the faint of heart (warning: don’t watch if you’re easily grossed out). This is a brain infecting fungus ideology, and how ant colonies deal with it.

It’s hard to argue with the method. If they let this spread, the whole colony will be wiped out. This is what we should do with anyone showing signs of Progressive Dementia – take them out into the woods, far, far away from civilization, let the disease take its course, and hope the spores don’t find their way back.

Note that this is full of metaphor. Let me point one out: this parasite, like many other parasites including germs, as they said at the end of the video, insures biodiversity. It does it, as they said, by making sure that no species becomes dominant. In general, parasites tend to equalize by preferentially attacking the most successful species.

I think you can see the metaphor for progressive socialism: attack the strong, suck the life out of them, redistribute to the rest, but above all, assure that the parasite prospers.

And if that grosses you out too much, this is an open thread.