The fascinating thing is that the members of the fascist mob that burn a synagogue or beat up their neighbors experience themselves as virtuous and just, and so do the members of a social media mob. Depravity often experiences itself as noble.
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Maslow shows us that we are inherently focused on taking care of life, in ever widening circles, as our needs are met. Humans are born playful collaborators, and then get that instinct squashed out of them by competitive memes at home, school, media, employers...
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So you don't think that most humans evolved to be competitive AND cooperative?
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Genetics tend to get the upper hand 50% to 70%, with factor D here I guess it depends. My personal guess it all went wrong when the low empathy factors went out of control with groups>150https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9j3jql/psychologists_define_the_dark_core_of_personality/ …
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Empathy is not very much correlated with general compassion, because empathy tends to be selective. Many ideologies have norms pro empathy within the group, and against empathy with the outgroup.
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