• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    So y’all just gonna ignore all of human history showing that it’s not a modern thing?

    Humans have been dog shit from the beginning. Always at war, multiple genocides, constant ethnic cleansings, torture en masse, all of these things have been prevalent in all of recorded history.

    As bad as capitalism is it’s just another example of humanities inability to just be fucking decent to each other.

    • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      This is just a thought terminating cliche that capitalists have developed now that the problems with the system are undeniable. It’s the classic retort of the scum bag, after they’ve realized “I didn’t do it” won’t fly, to say “well, everyone does it!"

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        22 hours ago

        Yeah it wasn’t capitalists that gave me this mindset. It was researching human history. And it’s completely filled with slavery, racism, unnecessary wars, torture, religious persecution, the list is damn near endless.

        If humans are so easily swayed to abhorrent violence then at a certain point you have to realize it’s our nature. Peace is just something wishful people dream of.

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      1 day ago

      Yes ‘humans’ do this but I still think it doesn’t have to be this way and a majority is not bad.
      It is unfortunately easier to do something bad than good.
      It’s the sociopaths/psychopaths or simply greedy aggressive people who don’t think twice about being ruthless and not playing by the rules that acquire power. The rest simply is put in a position to follow orders.
      None of the people fighting wars want this, the people far away from the front who send them there do.