The way I see it that instinct is the cause behind so much suffering and injustice in the world.

  • Risk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. Reductive in a crude way, not clarifying. I don’t think the parent comment at all implied humans are inherently bad and the occasional good doesn’t matter.

    Rather inversely, humans are tribalistic but achieve good in spite of tribalism.

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      1 year ago

      Ah, maybe so, I’m definitely not immune to mischaracterizing on occasion.