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[–] 8 points 14 hours ago* (7 children)

Greed. Its in all of us, and the filthy rich love exploiting the them, as they easier to manipulate.

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  • [–] 7 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

    Greed. Its in all of us

    This is something the greedy want you to believe, and an insult to the majority of humanity who would never act like this.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago (3 children)

    Every human is a human. We are a product of our (largely shared) genetics and circumstance.

    Every last human is capable of the evils any given human comitted. We are all the same.

    People get very defensive about this, but the only counter I ever hear is "nuh uh."

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  • [–] 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    Every last human is capable of the evils any given human comitted

    If you strip away everything that has made them an individual, yes you're right. But I think that just highlights that your argument is a pointless distinction.

    If you swapped me out at birth with a Nazi general, there's a good chance I'd be driven down the same life path.

    Likewise this means you have to accept that there are many people, due to their upbringing and the principles they've adopted in life, that wouldn't destroy a corner shop for no reason. That wouldn't assault a woman trying to protect her place of work.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 hours ago* (1 child)

    First of all that was just a "nuh uh." But,

    Likewise this means you have to accept that there are many people, due to their upbringing and the principles they've adopted in life, that wouldn't destroy a corner shop for no reason.

    No human chose how to be brought into the world. Your argument is not substantive.

    Empathy is the path forward. Othering outgroups is not. We have plenty of research to back this up.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago*

    Your argument is not substantive.

    Well if your rebuttal is simply determinism then I think you'll find that nobody's arguments can possibly contain any substance.

    Empathy is the path forward.

    Agreed.

    Othering outgroups is not

    Nobody has been othered. In fact using it in this way dilutes the word as its simply rhetoric intended to censor discussion behind a purity test.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    Doesn't change that it's in all of us even if you don't personally act on it.

    We all have it in our capacity to do great good or great evil in the world.

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