We always judge humans for being evil, but do you ever stop and appreciate the kindness?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am really into learning humans and the world around us. In my free time when I am not busy picking dresses or places to go for having fun, in my lone coziness, I find the biggest comfort in learning about the world.

In my mind I often judged humans for not being as ideal as I thought we could be. But yesterday I have been watching one of many documentaries about the brutal things animals are capable of doing and they do it everyday and it made me think.

I am one of the people who believes we evolved to be the type of beings as we are today, and once we were just “animals” too. (forgive me, if it opposes your religious views)

I have always been thinking humans are able to do horrible atrocities. I also always hated the idea of being limited by the laws and rules, as I am a freedom lover. I liked the thought of being free as in the primal freedom.

Yesterday I watched the documentary and realized how simply, unceremoniously wicked the nature can be, I appreciated our humanity a bit more.

We all are carrying the huge potential of surviving, it means we also carry the potential of fighting against or doing some of the most evil, unthinkable and cruel things.

Yet, we choose to oppose our nature, our destructiveness and limit ourselves with laws, religions, morals, whatever it takes.

We fight against our violent nature since the dawn of civilization.

Even though naturally we are very destructive creatures, we have bound ourselves - like a mother in a movie that’s about to turn into a zombie binding herself with chains to save her kids from her. We bind ourselves with laws and religions.

Trying to be not who we really are and instead become who we’d like to be.

If we were truly good in nature, there would be no need of laws or a God, but we are not good and hence why we need both.

Isn’t it awesome that we are potentially capable of being the worst nightmares and yet, we wake up & choose to be good?

[Lliam]

It's true that humans are animals and nature is violent. You can't survive unless you are capable of violence. There is the need for self defense but also food.

But humans are also social animals - pack animals, if you will. So we learn how to get along with our packs. We learn to share and to help each other. And we form alliances.

We also analyze things, name things, try to figure out cause and effect. We have memories and think of the future. And we create moral codes. Our brains are complex.

But I don't trust rulers. They are almost always predators. They may keep order, but at what cost? Many laws are complete bullshit.

I trust assemblies of people and rulers who are accountable to The People.

I agree with you. I value liberty more than anything. But liberty means that The People should be able to control the predators.

Laws made by predators to protect predators are evil. The laws that I respect most are those, such as enshrined in the Bill of Rights, that restrict the authority of rulers. Fuck authority and authoritarians.

[MementoMori777]

yep I've done both, i was evil at one point and i got to say a big part of it is how you see the world, you see it one way and grow hatred and it turns you evil, i was very rotten, i was at a point i grew so much hatred for the world i considered terrorism, i wanted to kill, make people hurt, i grew up in a pretty bad environment so hatred is what i grew into and looking back now i lived a life of evil and wickedness and if i didn't change i wouldve either been dead or y'all wouldve saw me on the news with a lot of blood on my hands, i was a monster, hate can really corrupt someones heart and it can create a monster.

[sheikalana]

Absolutely! I've met many kind and good people in my life and I'm so grateful to have met them. I believe there's way more kind than evil people out there.

[exitseven]

People are inherently selfish. It is baked into our DNA because we are hardwired to survive and pass our DNA to the next generation. In most cases we do not have to be evil to do this. Some people just want to be bad. I know people that are criminals. They have a mentality that just runs counter to our laws. If they had a chance to make a million dollars a legal way and make that same million dollars by running some scam, they will pick the scam every time. It makes no sense to us but that is just the way they think

[Anonymous]

Actually as a Christian this is one thing I struggle with. The Bible says man is evil by nature ("and falls short of the glory of God". This is important because we need to remember if God is the standard we'll always fail) But otherwise in tragedy you see the best of humanity come out. And everytime as human being it always humbles me.

I consider myself a realist, but still optimistic. And I always try to see the good in people. I think most people are good at heart I think we live in a very hustle and bustle world where people don't always have the time to be as polite and corteous as they would be otherwise. So when someone is rude, wrongs, or is short with me I try to remind myself, they're most likely not the devil. Smile, because the world needs more of that.

[Friendlybro79]

I do think about this a lot actually. I genuinely believe there's more good than bad but it's hard to realize that when all you hear about is the bad.

[WhitneySnow]

I do stop and do that

[gothbxtch]

you’re right, more people should!

[AɴᴋᴀʀᴀBᴇʏᴇғᴇɴᴅɪꜱɪ]

yes the one who deserves it

[justabuddy]

Probably not as often as we should.