I often wonder is this the way the world is, full of war and psychopaths? Has it always been like this? Human history is full of the most extreme cruelty, and the Old Testament is full of war and destruction too, often under God's instruction. What a place?We are born the most sensitive creatures, able to feel much pain and sorrow, but also much joy and love too, but the armchair warriors ride all over that and can cause the most unbelievable suffering, while not caring much at all. It's business.But maybe this isn't the way most of us are, we've just been primed up by a few psychopaths to believe it's the way of the world. When I go about my daily life I hardly ever meet a horrible person, and most people would be outraged if they knew the truth about what's going on. In fact, the
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We are born the most sensitive creatures, able to feel much pain and sorrow, but also much joy and love too, but the armchair warriors ride all over that and can cause the most unbelievable suffering, while not caring much at all. It's business.
But maybe this isn't the way most of us are, we've just been primed up by a few psychopaths to believe it's the way of the world. When I go about my daily life I hardly ever meet a horrible person, and most people would be outraged if they knew the truth about what's going on. In fact, the psychopaths who rule over us use our desire for fairness and justice to get their wars going, and they do this by feeding us propaganda, telling us that this or that country or ruler is evil. It works ever time.