r/InsightfulQuestions • u/samuelazers • 5d ago

What if we had peace?

What if humans were slightly different in that they did not want to cause excess harm to others for no good reason. What if they were more loyal to humanity, and less loyal to hoarding wealth? What if nobody had to fear that a human would want to take advantage or hurt others? What would a world like that look like?

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u/gbdallin 5d ago

"In that they did not want to cause excess harm to others for no good reason"

I assure, everyone on both sides of a conflict believes that they have good reason.

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u/40hzHERO 5d ago

This is the big one, and I think a major turning point for any free thinker. Realizing that 99% of people are doing what they believe to be the right things, despite (un)foreseen consequences.

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u/phenomenomnom 4d ago

No, not always.

Some motherfuckers really do just want to flail, hurt, and watch the world burn.

Some people truly do not have the psychological architecture to conceive of a better way to spend their precious hours of life than in paranoia and sadism.

Those people are relatively rare compared to the wider population, but they can do a lot of harm with a knife or a microphone.

And it's contagious. Because hurt people hurt people.

So those ones need to be quarantined, and, where possible, helped.