• Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It sounds… impossible to defeat this darker side of human nature, in order to grow into a mature species worthy of restoring and responsibly maintaining this garden planet.

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      5 months ago

      I think most humans aren’t like that, it’s just that the ones that are have managed to structure society to reward their behavior. We need to get these vile, greed driven ghouls, out of positions of power to get anywhere.

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          5 months ago

          Yeah. Like the old adage of whoever seeks power is least deserving of it. It’s a difficult thing to combat.

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            5 months ago

            I can’t remember if it was Asimov or Heinlein (maybe Clarke), but one of them said that an elected official should be drug into office kicking and screaming, and only be allowed to leave when they’ve done a good job.

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        Lots of humans even with good academia are followers. They follow the mass. It’s not idiotic. If the group does this, it should not be bad or present a risk. It’s quite rational. If people eat apples, it’s safe and I can eat them too.

        They use a similar reflexion with our socio-economical system. They follow.

        It depends on whom we follow. Here, sociopathy plays a role. They are often more prompt to embrace power and favor selfishness.

    • demonsword@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      It sounds… impossible to defeat this darker side of human nature

      Capitalist ideology is so hardwired into most of us that it seems easier to accept the end of the world than the end of capitalism itself