Comment on What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for?

atro_city@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Evil doesn’t exist It’s a Thought Stopper people use to excuse shunning and even killing those they don’t like, instead of understanding and correcting.

  You’re right in a way. People are born narcissists. Our brains aren’t fully formed. It takes years of training an neural development for them to change.

  But that’s a ton of work. It’s easier to label someone Evil an be done with them.

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• defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Please elaborate. I’m more of the view that most humans are born as a blank slate and their upbringing shapes who they are as people.

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  • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kids don't understand the idea of "others" until a certain age. They don't understand that others are also individuals with their own lives, feelings, pain, etc. They will hurt each other and even kill each other (siblings drowning other siblings, pushing them down the stairs, etc.) if left unsupervised. They have to be guided for a long time before they aren't dangers to themselves and others.

    And it doesn't stop there. Every class in a public school, everywhere has at least one bully and hanger-ons. And the longer you're on this planet, the less people you find out you can trust.

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    • defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Kids understand what they’re taught. No baby is born racist, but instead, their parents teach that “the other” is dangerous/untrustworthy/“less than”/etc.

      Without empathy, humans would not have formed societies. Humans being more social than neanderthals is what made humans “win”, and why neanderthals no longer exist (not counting interbreeding, since there is no modern being that exists that is considered to be a neanderthal). Sociopathy is considered a disorder for a reason, because it is considered to be out of the norm.

      Bullies are, very often, if not most of the time, abused at home, or otherwise have a rough home life. That would also fall under the " nurture over nature" category.

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      • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If racism weren't by nature, then it would only happen in some societies or groups, but it happens in all of them.

        Empathy doesn't preclude evil.

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• nerv@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Humans are the true orcs. Our biology is border line insane when compared with the rest of the animals on this planet. Perhaps if we were aware that we are the orcs we might be able to move on to higher goals.

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• classic@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I'd say we are born chuthulu moreso than evil

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