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QUESTION The root of all cruelty

Why and how humans can dehumanize groups of people and act inhumanely towards them. Good read.

HippieChick58 9 Feb 10
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greed right now

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It's all about "us" and :"them." My goal is that more of us decide that everyone is "us" and no one is "them."

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Wow. Gobsmacked. Trying to re-examine my own behavior now. Excellent post.

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Monetary system.

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Am not a subscriber, so can't get in the site. Could you summarize the gist of the article?

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"It’s a thoughtful and exhaustive exploration of human cruelty, and the episode perfectly captures its core idea: that acts such as genocide happen when one fails to appreciate the humanity of others." Right from jump HOW the FUCK does one learn that???!?!?!? The quote is from early in the article. I have never seen the TV program, if that is some of the stanard fair on the mind sucking rectangle that sits in American homes I am so glad I don't have one. WOW!! That was an amazing article. I am left very puzzled, most on this site - ALL probably, have failed to buy into the god/religion dogma and dollars to donuts are as apalled as I am over the brutality of humans to others. So where, if I don't follow the christian ideal do I get my morality? um

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I am going to read that again

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Wow! Thanks for sharing.

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