I’ve always felt the primary takeaway from a broad history education is the nature of power and how it’s misallocation corrupts people. If your main takeaway from history is that “There were a lot of bad people” then I think you’re missing out on a lot of critical nuance.
First, nobody claimed that we’re inherently good either. Second, you definitely don’t know that for sure and wouldn’t be able to prove it if you had to. Third, the apparent need of some to reduce our conception of humanity to either good or evil is a loaded premise that is damaging and derailing to a more meaningful and useful understanding of humanity and should probably be unpacked on it’s own elsewhere.
I hate takes that condemn the whole of humanity for the evil of a powerful handful. That’s basically conservative ideology.
If history teaches us one thing, it’s that there’s no shortage of horrible people.
I’ve always felt the primary takeaway from a broad history education is the nature of power and how it’s misallocation corrupts people. If your main takeaway from history is that “There were a lot of bad people” then I think you’re missing out on a lot of critical nuance.
If we were inherently good, that wouldn’t happen
First, nobody claimed that we’re inherently good either. Second, you definitely don’t know that for sure and wouldn’t be able to prove it if you had to. Third, the apparent need of some to reduce our conception of humanity to either good or evil is a loaded premise that is damaging and derailing to a more meaningful and useful understanding of humanity and should probably be unpacked on it’s own elsewhere.
Well, I’ll believe humanity isn’t evil when we turn around and start treating each other well and look after the planet and it’s inhabitants
It starts with you and me!
It’s religious nonsense, we’re all sinners.
if we’re all sinners, then religion can’t be nonsense.
Sin is a creation of religion.
Also its kinda true.
If you consider normal human behavior sin, sure.
Or just aberrant to living peacefully on a rich planet.