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I think one of the problems here is that people are too brainwashed by things like religion, secular humanism, all of the media they’ve encountered preaching traditional morality. They seem to think being “human” is some kind of special condition as if we are all “good and sweet and kind” at our core.
What I say is that we are just complex animals and while we are capable of learning things like morality or whatever, they are most certainly heavily influenced by our limits and what we learn.
What is “wrong” today was right yesterday, actions committed by people just the same as you and I without any regard for whether it is “wrong” or not.
While today we would look at things like slavery, cannibalism, or genocide as “just awful”, our ancestors committed all of these acts with glee. The reality is that you would have done the exact same if you had been able to get away with it.
Every time you have a thought of violence or evil, know that the only reason you are inhibited from doing it was because you learned you can’t get away with it.
It’s not because you are just some “good person”, and I will reiterate, if you grew up without having any limits imposed on you, you would be a cruel “evil” person.
What I say is that we are just complex animals and while we are capable of learning things like morality or whatever, they are most certainly heavily influenced by our limits and what we learn.
What is “wrong” today was right yesterday, actions committed by people just the same as you and I without any regard for whether it is “wrong” or not.
While today we would look at things like slavery, cannibalism, or genocide as “just awful”, our ancestors committed all of these acts with glee. The reality is that you would have done the exact same if you had been able to get away with it.
Every time you have a thought of violence or evil, know that the only reason you are inhibited from doing it was because you learned you can’t get away with it.
It’s not because you are just some “good person”, and I will reiterate, if you grew up without having any limits imposed on you, you would be a cruel “evil” person.