Do you think mankind deserves to exist?

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Emiliamazing · Accepted Answer

I voted that we do deserve to be here. There's gonna be a lot of theories on why or how we actually came to be, but that doesn't matter. As a race, it's hard to settle in on what needs fixed, because we do not appreciate the fact that we are in a beautiful world that has tons of potential. We are focused too much on the short term and not the long-term benefits of inhabiting this planet.

Financial gain/power seem to be at the forefront of living our life out, at least in developed nations. It's some point there will likely be a very loud wake up call. Maybe that wake up call will be from the person who actually has the red button you spoke about in another question. It needs to be a big enough alarm that it relates to all people, not just a select group.

If we could all start relating to our beloved creatures that we are surrounded with (pets, nature) as well as tap in to the joy that so many children have before the rigors of the world force them to follow a specific path, simplicity and happiness might be quickly unearthed.

our species has incredible potential, but I think those in power have us focusing our energy in the wrong direction quite often.

Aerissa_Jade · Accepted Answer

Nope we don't, mankind (in general) is responsible for great suffering against women, as most violence against women is perpetrated by men.

I know every man will say, but not him... and that's okay and most likely true (as if a man who rapes or is violent towards women would ever admit it.)

Due to the sheer amount of pain and suffering, it would be best if mankind did die out.

It is likely in the future, but not for many thousands of years... in the meantime, millions more women will be victims of violence from men.

One need only to look at rape stats or what is happening Ukraine with rape as a weapon of war.

If there was a button, that said push here to destroy all humans, I'd push it in a heartbeat.

normalice · Accepted Answer

The problem is there is no universal definition of "deserve." No standard we can live up to that we ourselves didn't come up with. And the consequences for violating the standards we do come up with are really slow to take root and tend to affect large swaths of the world, making it possible to smear blame all over the place - which of course we promptly do. But even then our capacity for destruction doesn't extend much beyond the gravitational field of our own planet. Judgment necessitates some power to ensure consequences but there is no such power when it comes to all of mankind and so no judgment is possible.

spacepirate64 · Accepted Answer

The only mankind will function, is when it creates a system where not even the worst people want to commit heanous acts of treason against humanity... and if you want to include AI... well humanity will probably be tested by design or AI's awareness... if humanity can't protect itself from it... then there is no need for AI to aid them...

These onlyfans girls, and low life rich fucks... you already see the system in the making. The funds will deplete, and the whores will never ever be happy... Don't fuck with humanity... you were given a heart for a reason..

SecretsofKB · Answer

Yes. Aside from the endless penis size questions, humanity does deserve to exist.

I've spent the last almost 3 and a half years in a profession dealing with people who are having a bad day. Over 2 of those years have been dealing with people with COVID hand having very bad days...

Through all that bullshit and all the assholes and things that were said and done to me, there was always more good people than bad people. Always someone to make me not hate people.

We do deserve it.

Jaggermoves12655 · Answer

Nope, we really don't. Humans are cruel and all that we touch we destroy. We only care for money and self even if it cost the life of another humans or mother nature itself. Humans have done genocides against each other for the color of their skin, their bloodline, their religion, their ethnicity and culture. Even killing people for spreading wisdom and the ability to self think. We kill for oil and dollar and digital currency and influence and tyranny and all that shit.

We dont deserve to live. That is my opinion. However, the truth is the universe will ultimately decide that, the universe has the last word on that fact. If it decides to end us im sure we will beg it to stay we will claw and bite our way to hold unto life. Maybe that cry will be heard or not. Only time will tell.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

I don't think anyone deserves anything. We kinda just happened to be here and we're going to try our best to live within our values as a species. But nobody owes us anything. And there's no one holding a gun to God's face saying "make life be fair" so I think "deserve" is probably not applicable.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

It is truly a miracle that we are still alive. It is one of the reasons I am religious. Because there is no way this should be possible given as much hatred and insanity there is in this world. . . and the constant justification of hatred and insanity.

We should have blown ourselves away as soon as we entered the atomic age. And the fact that we have not is simply miraculous.

FreyaRed · Answer

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We are just primates who became victims of their technological success. Our leaders and elites are hypocritical dumbasses who can't get rid of their own egoism and we will end up like mice in Mice utopia experiment. Humans don't have the mental capability to reach next cognitive level of civilization at this point. However it doesn't mean in few thousand years, when new civilization arises we will be still limited as we are now. Evolution doesn't stop.

sheenagwapa · Answer

i think no one deserves to go to hell but most deserve to go to purgatory. i think God the Creator put his creatures to hell because these creatures he created are just so evil that it's better if they have bot been created at all. and while yoy are alive God is very merciful ypu just have to have a relationship with him but still you choose evil all the wsy

CCammiee14 · Answer

My personal view is that this question itself is flawed. Humans don't "deserve to exist" but we don't "not" deserve to exist. Life isn't a privilege, it simply "is", you know? There are no inherent moral implications to whether or not something exist, it just does. Whether we SHOULD exist is a different question though, lol.

Ninania · Answer

No living creature *deserves* anything. We just live, we survive, we grow in numbers, we kill or preserve other living things. If we get ourselves extinct, too bad. If we continue to find ways to survive, then so be it. We either are, or we are not. That's it.

Walrus_au · Answer

"deserve" means what in this situation? It suggests a morality judgement.

The fact is, humans DO exist, and we HAVE done the damage too the biosphere and it's containing species and ecosystems that we have. These are facts, not moral questions. We are a product of our evolution and the environments we evolved in. If we had not become humans, what would we be? Why SHOULD we be or not be, who is the arbiter of should in this?

crmoore · Answer

Yes. As far as we know (despite mathematics suggesting otherwise), we're the only being if this intelligence in the universe. I doubt most, if any, intelligent species will be perfect throughout their evolution, so that's no reason to fault us. And look at what we've done so far regarding righting our wrongs. We're developing clean and reusable energy technologies, for example. People who think humans deserve to go extinct or unrealistic idealists.

sixsixsix · Answer

I chose no because I believe the world would be a lot better off if we had never inhabited it, we are not only making it unfit for us but we are fucking it up for all the other life that we share it with and just because we are human doesn't make the world anymore ours... everything here either evolved here like us or a God created it all and either way everything is just as deserving of life as we are.

A_Bell · Answer

This question is asked usually in the vein of existance being a priviledge. What if it is a punishment? Existance is loaded with struggle, grief and suffering, why is it good?

Just a point for discussion.

Aaron93 · Answer

Humans are hardwired to be greedy and selfish. It's a fact. Of course there are a bunch of people who are not these things, but we're basing the question on the entirety of the human race, and at this point, with all the horrible news going around everyday, im inclined to believe the majority are assholes.

Minxxie · Answer

We are too destructive and half the population harms and oppressed the other half for fun. I'm sick of us! I hope we go extinct soon so we can stop torturing each other and all other animals!

menina · Answer

No, we don't. Human beings are able to do horrible things to each other and we're destroying our planet. Nature would be better off without us.

FriendlyDrugDealer · Answer

Yes I do. Unfortunately there are some horrible things in this world but I’ve seen incredibly good things. I have hope in the future and I’ll do anything I can to assist that

Msputiton · Answer

Yes. 90% of us are good people.  That 10% makes us all look bad. And they are so loud and obnoxious and want the world to know about it.

AviatorTom · Answer

If not, there are 9 billion useless people on this planet. By raw statistics, at least some of them must be useful and worthy of existing.

Sixgunsound · Answer

In order to properly answer that question, we need to know what your objective criteria for deserving to exist are.

pewter_moon · Answer

Humans are a virus. The world will fight back.

madgoat · Answer

Children with a superiority complex. But we'll learn in time if we don't eradicate ourselves in the meantime.

HorggleThorp · Answer

We don’t deserve anything. But God have it to us anyway.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Nope. It’s time for the “lesser” species to take over.

Anpu23 · Answer

Yes I think that we do. Not because we are ultimately special but all life deserves existence.

melanieeeB · Answer

Yeah but some "people" out there... uff... but overall yes

AddylynnNightingale · Answer

Yes we evolved to be on top. We're going to destroy this planet, but we deserve to be on top.

TroyDT2 · Answer

Deserve? Not sure, but from a practical standpoint we are here so might as well make the best of it.

jjbuilderz · Answer

Genetic bottleneck hypothesis According to the genetic bottleneck theory, between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, human populations sharply decreased to 3,000–10,000 surviving individuals.

AngryCarl · Answer

Not for much longer. You don't deserve to exist if you render your own environment uninhabitable.

This_Is_My_Opinion8 · Answer

I honestly don't know. So much good. Also so much bad.  I don't know. But I can say that not all of us deserve to be here.

bigpauly · Answer

No. There is nothing that owes us the right to live. And we certainly don’t act in ways that help our case.

Twalli · Answer

The reason we can ponder this dilemma proves that we have an idea of self worth that animals do not possess.

TallAnon · Answer

Other, nothing "deserves" to exist. We simply do. By nature of this, we'll want to continue existing.

BJP21 · Answer

With the amount of damages we have caused? Not a chance in hell.

Sixgun77 · Answer

I don't think it's a matter of deserving to or not. The reality is that we do exist.

hisoceaneyes · Answer

Yes, but I don't know why. I may simply be biased in their favor.

Brandi555 · Answer

I like marshmallows. 🤭

fonduegirl · Answer

Nope. We're too selfish.

gag6474 · Answer

yes so we can worship God alone.

Zolly99999 · Answer

I'm starting to wonder these days..

whiskeyontherocks · Answer

Yes; because we do!

Batsy01010101 · Answer

No..

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Absolutely not.

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