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Originally Posted by RavenBeef
The major portion of humans aren't evil.
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REALLY? I wonder why you would think that. Read up on all three of these.
There is a story called Gyges ring. Its an ancient story mentioned by Plato, he says that man is naturally evil, if you give him power without consequence he will use it to do evil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges
Thomas Hobbes, one of the founders of today's democratic governments, said
"No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." He basically argues that man is naturally evil, and that there is a need for government to control man, because without it there would be chaos and man would kill one another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes#Leviathan
Dave Carnegie, one of the leading theorists on human psychology and the most influential humans relations scholars of the early 20th century said that no man does evil with the idea that they are wrong. Human beings act in circumstances that they influence themselves and believe to be in the right. I highly suggest you read the book "How to win friends and influence people", it can change your life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_...fluence_people
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