RE: Why some humans are so evil: double standards and irreligion
January 25, 2018 at 11:41 am
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2018 at 11:43 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(January 25, 2018 at 11:21 am)wallym Wrote:(January 25, 2018 at 10:45 am)Cyberman Wrote: I don't fear any of those things, yet I have never committed atrocities. Why is that?
You probably fear losing what you have? You don't want to be killed, jailed, be taken away from your family. Lose your house. Car. Access to the forum. Or whatever else it is you value.
The cost of committing atrocities is also so high, that the idea of committing them is a non-starter even if you'd enjoy it.
Add onto that, we're taught from childhood 'doing bad things is bad.' And there's just no reason to question it. But if you remove those consequences, like with the super rich or super poor, or if you're in one of those places there are large benefits instead of consequences, then all of a sudden, people start going the other way.
If there weren't a lot of redundancies in the system, humans wouldn't have lasted as long as we have.
I think being super rich/super poor/getting a benefit instead of a bad consequence merely brings out the people who were shitty all along and allows them to do what they wanna do. And perhaps there are more of them out there than we would like to think. But I don't think this means we ALL would commit atrocities if given the opportunity. I was never a believer in Lord of the Flies.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
