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One thing that interests me about human nature is that EVERYONE tries to be a good person. There dont seem to be any exceptions to this.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone IS a good person. Only that everyone tries to convince themselves that that their morality is good.
Even serial killers often claim they were doing "gods work" as if somehow murdering innocent people is a good thing.
I think it is in this quality that there is the most hope for humans, even when we loose our way. The fact that everyone, no matter how disturbed they are, is always looking towards a moral compass, even if that compass is broken.
@freemo this is why it saddens me when I see people jump to calling people who disagree with them evil in some way, which shuts down engagement from both sides
- if "we" see "them" as "evil," then it makes sense to not listen to them... because they're evil, and we shouldn't listen to evil, because we're good. And because they see themselves as good, they'll be more likely to disengage with us, because they know they're "good", and us calling them evil is then likely to earn an evil label in return.
I think that at a basic/fundamental level, people share goals, and each person is doing the best they know how. If we can identify the common goal, maybe we can have a conversation.
