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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Human nature is the reason. Regardless of the system we live in. People want more, better, etc. and feel important/strong/rich/... It has always been like that. Heck, even monkeys display such things.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    100 thousand years ago you'd say human nature was to live in small bands and only assemble for seasonal hunts or cultural events. Anything else would be perpetual war.

    10000 years ago you would be saying that it's against human nature to be sedentary or do repetitive work so agriculture is ultimately only a hobby at best.

    4000 years ago you'd say it's human nature to live in city states ruled by tyrant warrior-kings and dedicate your life to cereal farming.

    Maybe human nature isn't some well characterised and stiff thing? humans have lived in more ways than you can dream of.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    Nah, that is the conservative talking point in favour of the status quo. History shows that humans are perfectly capable of being social creatures cooperating for mutual benefits.

    That a handful of psychopaths are our current rulers aren't necessarily descriptive of our general species.

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