RE: Human Nature
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2025 at 1:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
........? We've both discussed all sorts of other factors that operate in tandem with whatever our nature may be. Wherever we fall on the range of decency and indecency, however defined.
I agree it's bullshit when people say that, but not because we can't cognizantly discuss human nature. Communism (or what passed for it) failed for all sorts of reasons. When or if democracy (and capitalism) fails it will also have many reasons - human nature among them. It is, after all, in all of our natures to fail. It's something we're capable of, and something we can even expect along predictable lines of duress. Competence is a double edged sword. Plants don't fall for this shit.
I agree it's bullshit when people say that, but not because we can't cognizantly discuss human nature. Communism (or what passed for it) failed for all sorts of reasons. When or if democracy (and capitalism) fails it will also have many reasons - human nature among them. It is, after all, in all of our natures to fail. It's something we're capable of, and something we can even expect along predictable lines of duress. Competence is a double edged sword. Plants don't fall for this shit.
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