It is disturbing to realize that all humans alive today are the direct descendants of the most successful committers of murder, enslavement, rape and genocide, and all historical injustice is just the documented tail end of success and failure in primate evolutionary competition.
The original tweet was sparked by an attempt of trying to figure out what seems objectively false about the concept of retributive Social Justice, and yet why it appears so compelling. It means most people must be unaware that everyone's ancestors must have committed genocide.
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That is prone to misunderstanding, and you are obviously correct that our history is primarily one of ingroup prosociality and not just violating the outgroup. Also, I very much value your kind and thoughtful mode of discussion!
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Likewise. Although I think my tone could have been friendlier at times.

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