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Other philosophy communities have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. [ x ]

"I thunk it so I dunk it." - Descartes

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If you use the words "human nature" in an argument I am ignoring everything you say after that point (hexbear.net)

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Bitch modern humans have been on this earth for six hundred thousand years creating an enormous number of distinct and unique cultures which shape the people living under them. The absolute arrogance to think you can generalize a hundred billion people's worth of experience based on what you've experienced in your one tiny lifetime. Humans are so fucking diverse there is VERY little you can say is "human nature." But no please tell me more about how people are just selfish by default despite all the fucking evidence to the contrary.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

:parenti: has a lot to say about human nature.

The clip is cut short but after his first question he stops to go back and add that humans also have the capacity for tremendous kindness and greatness, but that we need to think coherently about both and what we can do to encourage some aspects of our nature and discourage others.

His main point is that it's not constructive to engage in the leftist response to the right-wing human nature arguments by arguing that humans have no inherent nature.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago

:kropotkin-shining: Human nature is cooperative and collaborative. One could even say it's a factor of evolution