Do you think there are still many good people in this world when you stop to consider all the bad that is currently happening in the world?

[thegreenyogi]

[Spencer10]

"If it bleeds it leads" That was a motto for newspapers. probably still is for most news outlets even today. Lets face it terrible news gets attention more than good news. Politicians know this too. So we get bombarded with terrible news constantly. But is the world really filled with crime and terror or is our perception tilted? Well if you dive in by most measures life is getting better and safer. Crime is down. We live longer. We are better educated. We have more freedom. We have more time to pursue our passions. Thus its not that the world is filled with more bad things its just that we are bombarded with more ways to inform us of the bad things.

[AgentG111]

Yes there are many good people, we just get focused on the bad because it's something that's not right or not correct in our world so it instantly stands out!

[BriamG22]

Most of the people in the world are normal and nice people. Media puts a spotlight on the actions of the heinous. A news outlet is not going to do a story on a loving father of two beautiful daughters who goes to work 12 hour shifts at a factory everyday or a loving mother working in an office from 9 to 5 everyday. But; in reality, these are like 80 to 90% of the people in the world.

Normal people don't think about running out into the streets throwing bricks at police cars, shooting up a school or riot in the streets looting businesses. The deeds of the wicked have been sensationalised leading the rest of us to now view humanity to be devoid of general kindness and courtesy.

Also with things such as social media, you see a lot of nasty people on these platforms, but its clear that the people whom leave such comments are in the minority. A post on Insta may have over a million likes but only 10k comments thats 1% of the total population that had seen the post. And within that 10k comments, even if half were to be negative, that's only 0.5%. Most people on social media are just doomscrolling for a few minutes at a time. There are better things to do lol.

We shouldn't let the information received in our immediate vicinity dictate our view of an entire population.

[midnightmoon05]

Best way to instill fear into people. It’s working.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Unfortunately, a wicked man is the world's most powerful human.

[midnightmoon05]

The world? That’s a lot to say… the US is is great. We are living in a very safe country… that is if you are in the US. Most of the world is very very good meaning most of the people… they just want to live a good, peaceful life.
a few countries are at war… but most are at peace.
however if pay attention to the negative… it will fill our heads with just that and fear. Go out… go see the world. Go talk to people…

I have suffered a lot… but still see the beat of humanity.
peace and love to you and stay away from social media.

[beefcakebradybatson]

We blacks have NEVER been safe in America, be it slavery, brief manumission (freedom), Jim Crow, and Esq. James Crow, mass incarceration. Americans in general aren't free : They're under the thrall of oligarchy and 400,000,000+ guns, any of which, in the hands of an evil or disturbed person (almost always a white lad), can snuff out a life or lives in a jiffy.

[midnightmoon05]

@beefcakebradybatson
We can say that about everyone. But I refused to be a victim. I have friends from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Haiti, etc… they are hard working people just like us and is making the American dreams come true.
They do go through hardships just like all of us, but they don’t let life/history define their current state. It’s really all about our attitude towards our goals.
I know how some become very successful under the worse circumstances and those who failed from their best situations. One must decide the next path to take.

No evil can destroy me… that includes the court or the judge.
But hubby says most don’t think k like me… so… they fall off of society.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Trump can destroy EVERYONE !!!(Nigerians, Ehthiopians, Haitians and Jamaicans haven't survived 406 years of constant oppression, beginning with slavery, as have African Americans. My great-great-grandparents were bondspeople.)

[midnightmoon05]

@beefcakebradybatson

Most of the world —- it’s one’s choice to raise above or be beaten down.
in the US, we are in most cases giving opportunities to succeed if one is willing.
Most of us will not live over 100 years. what’s history is behind me. I have learned from… and moved forward.
I also have friends whose great great great grand parents were slaves. They are doing well… however… rising the next generation is a challenge for them because of them being helicopter parents … or absentee father to their boys.

We need real man who can build strong families … raise boys to be strong man!
As a mom (once a single mom) that’s what I would advocate!

Trunp/the White House does not define me as what I can do within my own home.

[aaron13547]

Yes i think for every bad person is a good person hiding behind what they have been made to believe. What makes a person good or bad is if we agree with them or not. In a way good and bad is just a way of measuring. kind of like hot and cold measure temperature... to be good you have to know how not to be bad and vice versa. The world has a way of balancing itself out. I think good or bad has more to do with timing because people's ideas can change.

[HawkPerception]

Many? Honestly, no. There's no end to self proclaimed "good people" in the world but when it comes down to it, most people are selfish and won't give you the time of day if they had to choose between a Netflix show and taking some time out of their day to help you with something. There aren't many genuinely selfless people out there.

I'm not saying there are none. But they are definitely rare.

[Tarifa]

Money is the root of all evil.

Money will corrupt even the best out there. As someone once said, every man has his price. I'm thinking corrupt politicians and business men/women who will push others out of their way to pursue their goals : money and the power that's associated with it.

[Zack-Bann]

It’s funny how you need to drill it into the head of a child that he or she must be “good”


No one tells you that you need to be a bad person and yet people get there all on their own


It’s almost like human nature isn’t good by default


And in that sense there are no good people


Just good behavior

[Fireguy17]

Yeppers, those "good" people that get up every day, work hard to try to make things better for their families day after day rarely if ever receive any attention at all.
They far out number the idiots out there.
They just get any notoriety for what they do.

[lightbulb27]

yes and I think we could have more and we could do way better. too many people are being lost and it's unnecesasary, all due to social decay and loss of faith.

Some are doing amazing work...

[petitedollbabee]

The fact that we are still focused on the bad people in the world proves that we have so many good people. The small amount of bad stands out more in a sea of good. If the world was mostly bad, the good would stand out more.

[Caughtulookin]

We shipped the most disrespectful people on the earth here and now karma is in effect. I dont believe much in karma either. It seems the worst you talk and portray the more money you can make.

[Shiprex]

There are way more good than bad. The focus on media and others lives compared to their own is what gers folk down

[mysteriousNicholas]

@thegreenyogi I don't think there's too many sadly :(

[genericname85]

i think most people are their version of good. but what's good for you may not be good for me. that's how bad exists.

[beefcakebradybatson]

And it's time for good women and men to stand up, be counted and end this not-so-slow march towards a repeat of the events leading to World War Two.

[exitseven]

there are a few but they will be hunted down and slaughtered.

[FunkyMonkee]

There's WAY more of us nice people than there are that are assholes!!

[dragoblack]

There's plenty of good people, they just tend to not be in the usual social places, they tend to not be loud, and/or super confident

[Anonymous]

The bad events and bad people usually just get media attention

[Opinion Owner]

Get more media attention

[Anonymous]

how many people in the world are there who are just like Jesus? none

[jahaims]

Most evil is a result of stupidity more so than malicious intent

[Caughtulookin]

I think the USA is going to shit but then think many places haven't ever been ok.

[Surely]

Nice people don’t make good headlines. So you don’t hear so much about them.

[Anonymous]

Maybe not so many, at least not in my experience, but there are still some good people out there.

[Still-alive]

yes i would say most are decent

[fish5505_87]

There are good people in the world!. I am one! :-)

[noohair]

Humans by their nature are greedy and selfish...