I would urge people to read about "wetiko" and what it means. I think that such cruelty is not quite normal for the species, but moreso only for our specific civilization (in place and time) -- the Eurocentric / hierarchical brand of exploitive society with violent trappings.
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I have read about wetiko from time to time though not in great depth. I am thinking abt it now because of the GOP and their tax bill. I am astound that this whole group of humans could act in such a soulless way. It is as if they are all infected with an insane spirit
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Animals can be humiliated and are so all the time
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That's kind of a good point... most animals aren't killed for anything other than food but there are sadists out there that take pleasure in the pain they inflict on animals. Still, I think Bloom is right that there is much more to it than dehumanization.
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Also I've seen my cats look like their pride has been hurt as well :)
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That sounds a lot like an anthropomorphic projection. There could be some truth to it though. But for example we often misread the behaviour of dogs as shame, when it's actually fear.
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Bloom is da bomb.
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Hell, a burning lake of eternal fire, is a New Testament concept.
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I’m an atheist, so I think it’s all nonesense. Perhaps you should promote this view to evangelicals who scare their children with hell, the lake of fire kind, from a very young age.
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@paulbloomatyale If I understand@CoreyRobin's thesis, what the conservative model sells 2 its adherents is an authoritarian hierarchy which grants them a status 2 dominate those who've been declared as beneath them on the ladder. This, too, can motivate dehumanization & cruelty.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Competition over resources and a lack of ability to share resources.
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We are more like chimpanzees than bonobos
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The trick is to apply it in practice & the current political climate provides a marvelous laboratory. Cognitive scientists have been very silent on that front & it seems to me their science is trumped by their ideologies. Bloom speaks about White Supremacists; how about Antifa?
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Not cruel, just human as Real
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too bad humans didn't evolve from a different branch of the tree--a species that is more forgiving, peaceful, and earnest
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We humans are quite an outlier within the primate family. I don't think we're very much bound by the qualities of our position on the tree as much as by our own specific evolution path.
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Why are humans spoken of as "we?" There are many different types of humans who do not all have the capacity for the same behavior, and thus cannot all be described or handled the same. Psychopaths, for example.
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