I really struggled when people posted their hot takes about how the rl COVID-19 response "disproved" dystopian fiction by showing that people are generally kind and willing to sacrifice for the greater good Believe what you need to believe but nohttps://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/1279846140024885249?s=19 …
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I'm not a pessimist because I think humans are all generally waiting to suddenly become cackling mustache-twirling monsters at the drop of a hat Most dystopian fiction doesn't really believe that either I think that humans are prone to making *bad decisions under stress*
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The same horde of people that's capable of doing the great good under the right circumstances is capable of doing great evil under the wrong ones And all I'm saying is those bad circumstances come along more often and are easier to exploit
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We were capable of reacting humanely and with prudence to the situation *for a while*, *under the correct circumstances* Those circumstances didn't obtain forever Systems matter, leadership matters, material support structures matter
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I love that Star Trek TNG phrased it as, "Humanity has the great capacity for either." And the central conflict with Q was "Are humans mature enough as a species to be trusted with that capacity?"
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I'm about as irritated by "this proves humanity are inherently good and healers" as "this proves humanity are inherently murderous fucks." What humans are is, typically and in a long enough span of time, community builders, and we would LIKE to be good. That's not the same thing
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