"I believe that most people have goodness in their hearts."
I believed this at one time. Or, I really tried to believe this. Probably from my teens to my 30th birthday or so. It lasted for a little while in my adult years.
It just didn't stand the test of time and experience.
I do not believe this anymore. I've seen too many humans behaving in too many cruel ways and espousing too many cruel things.
We're disturbingly cruel for a social species. We aren't good at being a social species.
timberwraith
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