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  • Victor@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•We chose... poorly
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    26 days ago

    Misanthropy involves a negative evaluative attitude toward humanity that is based on humankind’s flaws. Misanthropes hold that these flaws characterize all or at least the greater majority of human beings. They claim that there is no easy way to rectify them short of a complete transformation of the dominant way of life.

    I thought this was quite interesting. I think I agree very much with

    there is no easy way to rectify them short of a complete transformation of the dominant way of life

    but not so much with

    these flaws characterize all or at least the greater majority of human beings

    I just think these flaws characterize all or the greater majority of human beings that possess a relative amount of power. That’s the real problem. Or perhaps the real problem is that power itself transforms humans and gives them these flaws. I’m not sure if it’s the chicken or the egg, kind of thing.