The truth is that humans just have empathy with those they feel share something in common with them, like language, culture, values, religion, etc. The others we see more as enemies.
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The truth is that humans just have empathy with those they feel share something in common with them, like language, culture, values, religion, etc. The others we see more as enemies.
I must highly disagree. Humans, by their nature, feel compassion towards others, even animals. Most people I have met are extremely sensitive towards global issues. The problem is that the system we live in deliberately desensitises us from these problems and forces us to be apathetic by occupying us will work, bills, taxes, debts. education, advertising, media, entertainment and anything else under the sun which can distract us. The people who fall victim to these mindless cycles, without somehow defending their mind against the forced apathy, end up violent, emotionless with lack of empathy for other human beings.
Empathy is our normal state. Apathy is enforced and conditioned.
In the context of the post, you are in full support i can see that. But Empathy is a dead cell in most of Humans, You and i Excluded though...
great analysis, Though humans by nature, are beings of conquest, throughout history, w have never had ''enough'' always going through one war cycle or the other, great battles to prove ego, superiority over others.
Peace comes as a result of war, war a result of prolonged peace.
In this context, we are particular about feeding the hungry, most this Hungry nations are neither at war or at peace!
Actually, I think most people don't really want to conquer anything. While they may have ambitions, such as 'conquering' Mt. Everest, which they see as a challenge to their limitations, most people aren't mad about possessing riches, lands or peoples. Every time a nation has been led in conquest, it has been led by a leader who had the vision of conquest and convinced everyone that the others are lesser. For a few examples I'll list Hitler, African American slavery, Colonialism and Imperialism.
Those who support empires are actually driven by their desire to be part of a greater whole. So if supporting a conquering empire is the only option, so be it. The Empire is great! However, there are other alternatives to being part of a greater whole - culture, society, humanity.
Humans strive to be part of something bigger and better than themselves. We like the thought, since we feel uplifted. Conquest is the perversion of that desire and it is driven by certain people's sense of pride, and the desire to gain personal power. The second is often mixed up with the first, but it is not the natural state of the human mind.
Wow!.....I think you just answer one of the ultimate questions of Humanity with this, Empathy another terrible plague on Mankind!
Apathy, not caring, is the plague. Empathy is what makes us want to help starving babies.
Another useful point by the way.....thanks
This is not true. It is forced on us by propaganda.
Here's a lesson in propaganda: use your favorite search engine and search images for "Muslim world peace". Count how many images you find on the first page of violence and terrorism. Count how many images showing Muslims being or promoting peace. All the former are propaganda. We are taught to hate those different than us, because that is how war profiteering can make money off our hate.
How can they make money off peace?