Fascism and social media mobs are very different, but teach us the same thing: many, perhaps most people are not intrinsically compassionate, kind and just. When they are incentivized to behave well, they behave, and when they see a benefit in harming others, they harm.
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i don't know anything. But developmental growth in the human mind/consciousness is my primary field. Study very young children, and we see natural prosocial instincts. Study humans as they age, and we see how stress affects those instincts.
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When they’re young, children need to form strong internal tribal bonds - they are never exposed to ‘the other’, but as they age they develop ‘us v. them’ very quickly.
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