RE: Human Nature
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2025 at 12:00 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Right, and it's not a novel observation. One that only you and I, or the west, or any other group of people have exclusively made. Poor outcomes are not a great marker for human nature because we understand that outcomes do not necessarily depend on our natures. There may only be poor outcomes to a given situation, the good outcomes may be comparatively difficult to achieve when they exist, and may even be made manifest through exactly the same means as might produce a bad one at equal or even greater rates.
That's not a human nature problem, it's the realization that situations do no always start at neutral or naturally proceed toward good, and that human effort and intent is not always enough to tip them one way or the other. Me, personally, I try to reserve moral condemnation for those who know better, and do their worst anyway. For people who have options, then wake up and choose violence all the same. Rich magats are worse than poor magats. Smarts magats are worse than ignorant magats. etc etc etc.
That's not a human nature problem, it's the realization that situations do no always start at neutral or naturally proceed toward good, and that human effort and intent is not always enough to tip them one way or the other. Me, personally, I try to reserve moral condemnation for those who know better, and do their worst anyway. For people who have options, then wake up and choose violence all the same. Rich magats are worse than poor magats. Smarts magats are worse than ignorant magats. etc etc etc.
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