Human extinction would be great for the other species on this planet - there can be little argument against that notion.
I think the crux of this argument is - are humans fundamentally bad?
My answer is no.
But to be difficult I will also say that most humans behave in a less than ideal manner.
My theory behind this is that it is competition - due to capitalism mostly - that sets us out against one another. Makes it us or them. And can make us quite cruel.
Everyone is a financial rival, a rival in love, or a rival in fight.
When we see each other as competition rather as allies then we become nasty - and we lose sympathy for those who are not on our side.
This is how people can be cruel to, say, homeless people. They see them as a threat because they know the homeless want their money and they also dislike what they symbolise - financial destitution (something we all fear greatly - because there aren't many safety nets in society)
The solution is of course to change the way we behave and begin to see society as a collective rather than a group of selfish individuals all vying to topple one another.
I think the crux of this argument is - are humans fundamentally bad?
My answer is no.
But to be difficult I will also say that most humans behave in a less than ideal manner.
My theory behind this is that it is competition - due to capitalism mostly - that sets us out against one another. Makes it us or them. And can make us quite cruel.
Everyone is a financial rival, a rival in love, or a rival in fight.
When we see each other as competition rather as allies then we become nasty - and we lose sympathy for those who are not on our side.
This is how people can be cruel to, say, homeless people. They see them as a threat because they know the homeless want their money and they also dislike what they symbolise - financial destitution (something we all fear greatly - because there aren't many safety nets in society)
The solution is of course to change the way we behave and begin to see society as a collective rather than a group of selfish individuals all vying to topple one another.
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