Jane Goodall Revealed Aspiration to Launch Elon Musk and Donald Trump on One-Way Trip to Space

After spending decades observing chimpanzee behavior, Jane Goodall became a specialist on the hostile behavior of alpha males. In a newly published interview recorded shortly before her death, the celebrated primatologist revealed her unusual solution for dealing with particular figures she viewed as showing similar characteristics: transporting them on a non-return journey into outer space.

Legacy Interview Reveals Candid Thoughts

This extraordinary insight into Goodall's philosophy emerges from the Netflix film "Last Statements", which was recorded in March and kept private until after her recently announced death at the age of 91.

"I know people I dislike, and I wish to send them on a SpaceX vessel and send them all off to the celestial body he's sure he'll find," commented Goodall during her interview with the interviewer.

Specific Individuals Targeted

When questioned whether Elon Musk, recognized for his questionable behavior and connections, would be included, Goodall answered positively.

"Oh, absolutely. He'd be the host. Picture the people I would place on that spacecraft. Along with Musk would be Trump and some of Trump's real supporters," she declared.

"And then I would put Vladimir Putin on board, and I would place China's leader. I'd certainly put the Israeli leader among the passengers and his political allies. Put them all on that vessel and launch them."

Previous Criticism

This wasn't the first time that Goodall, an advocate of ecological preservation, had voiced concerns about the political figure especially.

In a previous discussion, she had observed that he showed "the same sort of conduct as a male chimpanzee will show when battling for supremacy with a rival. They posture, they swagger, they present themselves as really more large and aggressive than they may actually be in order to intimidate their competitors."

Leadership Styles

During her last recorded conversation, Goodall further explained her understanding of leadership types.

"We get, notably, two types of leader. One does it through pure aggression, and due to their strength and they fight, they don't last indefinitely. Another group achieves dominance by employing intelligence, like a younger individual will merely oppose a higher ranking one if his friend, typically a relative, is with him. And research shows, they endure far more extended periods," she detailed.

Group Dynamics

The renowned scientist also studied the "politicization" of actions, and what her detailed observations had revealed to her about aggressive behaviors exhibited by groups of humans and chimpanzees when encountering something they considered hostile, despite the fact that no risk truly existed.

"Chimpanzees see an unfamiliar individual from a neighboring community, and they grow all excited, and their hair erect, and they extend and contact each other, and they show visages of hostility and apprehension, and it catches, and the others catch that feeling that this one male has had, and the entire group grows combative," she described.

"It spreads rapidly," she added. "Some of these demonstrations that grow violent, it sweeps through them. Each member wishes to get involved and turn violent. They're protecting their domain or fighting for dominance."

Human Parallels

When questioned if she considered similar patterns were present in people, Goodall replied: "Likely, sometimes yes. But I truly believe that the majority of individuals are decent."

"My main objective is raising future generations of compassionate citizens, roots and shoots. But do we have time? I don't know. These are difficult times."

Historical Comparison

Goodall, a London native shortly before the start of the Second World War, likened the battle with the difficulties of present day politics to Britain standing up the Third Reich, and the "determined resistance" exhibited by the prime minister.

"This doesn't imply you won't experience moments of depression, but subsequently you recover and declare, 'Alright, I'm not going to allow their success'," she remarked.

"It's like Churchill throughout the battle, his iconic words, we'll fight them on the beaches, we'll fight them along the roads and urban areas, then he turned aside to an associate and reportedly stated, 'and we will oppose them at the ends of damaged containers as that's the only thing we've bloody well got'."

Parting Words

In her final address, Goodall provided motivational statements for those resisting authoritarian control and the climate emergency.

"Even today, when the world is difficult, there continues to be possibility. Maintain optimism. If you lose hope, you turn into indifferent and remain inactive," she advised.

"And if you want to protect what is still beautiful in this world – if you want to save the planet for the future generations, your grandchildren, later generations – then think about the actions you make every day. Since, expanded countless, a billion times, even small actions will generate significant transformation."