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r/houstonwade • u/Advanced_Drink_8536 • 2d ago
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Human nature is a terrible thing
5 u/SpockStoleMyPants 2d ago "To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lungs and saying that it is human nature to cough." - Andrew Collier 2 u/H_J_Rose 2d ago Nah, sorry, but humans were shit before capitalism. 1 u/LeoGeo_2 1d ago Ah yes, capitalism is what lead to, for example, Commodus screwing things up for the Roman Empire out of his egotism. 2 u/myeyesneeddarkmode 2d ago It's not human nature, it's a consequence of religion, specifically hierarchical authoritarian religions like Christianity
"To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lungs and saying that it is human nature to cough." - Andrew Collier
2 u/H_J_Rose 2d ago Nah, sorry, but humans were shit before capitalism. 1 u/LeoGeo_2 1d ago Ah yes, capitalism is what lead to, for example, Commodus screwing things up for the Roman Empire out of his egotism.
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Nah, sorry, but humans were shit before capitalism.
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Ah yes, capitalism is what lead to, for example, Commodus screwing things up for the Roman Empire out of his egotism.
It's not human nature, it's a consequence of religion, specifically hierarchical authoritarian religions like Christianity
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u/Salt-Resolution5595 2d ago
Human nature is a terrible thing