The success of capitalism
depends on this grim
account of "reality".
"You can't change human
nature" is the first
article in the credo of
capitalism; a mildly
sorrowful recognition
that human beings are
"essentially" selfish,
irremediably "fallen."
Dafydd at Big Lizards
(don't let the banner
blind you) says that
racism is the most
natural thing in the
world. So much so that
most racists don't
even realize that
that's what they are.
But he argues that
"natural" and
"
We must question the
story logic of having an
all-knowing all-powerful
God, who creates faulty
humans, and then blames
them for his own
mistakes.~ Gene
Roddenberry The quote
above expresses
succinctly one of the
problems I've always
had with the
... it'll be the little
things that do us in.
Ripped from the headlines
...
It's human nature to
look at events on the
superficial level and
interpret them in kind.
But the real meaning of
what we see with our eyes
is below the surface;
where the physical eyes
play less of a role in
reality. It comes from a
real u
2 hours and 45 minutes to
go until I close the
building up for the
weekend. However, usual
guard issues will have me
working a couple of hours
tomorrow morning, oh
well!
What is human nature? Are
humans born good or evil?
