Hollowed-Out
I propose this as a metaphor for a large country whose institutions are being hollowed out.
Spear throwing chimps? Yet another example of the diverse cultures of chimpanzees.
Many people still bristle at the idea that chimpanzees can have "cultures." The evidence is accumulating, however, as documented in "Almost Human," an article found in the April, 2008 edition of National Geographic. The article was written by Mary Roach, with incredible photos by Franz Lanting. In 2007, an Iowa…