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In reply to the discussion: I've always thought that people are basically good mostly everywhere [View all]Prairie_Seagull
(4,623 posts)25. By far not the first time this discussion/observation has been made.
Many have probably already explored Rousseau, Kant and Hegel. But many others have an opinion.
For me, it's a practical thing. I feel people will live up or down to our expectations of them. In the short term anyway,,, Mostly.
What kind of world would we be living in if we allow evil, in very large numbers, to take root. Needs to be tamped down when exposed. Yes, it's easy for me to say.
I notice the same as most everyone here but am a bit worried to give it voice.
Are people basically good or bad? For my sanity (rose colored glasses or not) I prefer to see mostly the good while recognizing the bad.
Let hope the pendulum is in the process of swinging back.
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Our current crop of republicans are exceptions to that. They've shown that they tolerate...
brush
Dec 2022
#3
I live in an area where they just shot up the power substations to stop a drag show
Jamastiene
Dec 2022
#5
I get the feeling that the motive was stopping the drag show and it's being covered up
Walleye
Dec 2022
#16
:) You've hit on a basic difference between liberal and conservative personality.
Hortensis
Dec 2022
#17
I'm liberal, and I'm afraid I've never believed that most people are basically good.
shrike3
Dec 2022
#26
