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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To quote MIB: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.

I think it applies pretty broadly that individuals are decent but organized into society, we mess up quite a bit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I always say that the idea of civilised society is something we tell ourselves to make us feel better about the fact that we're living amongst wild animals.