NONE to Showerthoughts • edit-215 days agoOne of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animalsmessage-square101arrow-up1324arrow-down139file-text
arrow-up1285arrow-down1message-squareOne of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be AnimalsNONE to Showerthoughts • edit-215 days agomessage-square101file-text
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilink2•14 days agoThat view isn’t necessarily taxonomically based: We could still be like, “Ok, we’re apes, but we’re the best apes!” Furthermore, not everyone holds that view. The real issue is greed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 days agoAnd greed is based in hubris. Thinking that the individual is better than everyone else and needs more than others do. Pride / hubris is the root of a lot of dysfunction. Greed is one of its daughters.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilink1•8 days agoI suppose, but you could also argue the reverse: That Pride/hubris is based in greed.
That view isn’t necessarily taxonomically based: We could still be like, “Ok, we’re apes, but we’re the best apes!”
Furthermore, not everyone holds that view.
The real issue is greed.
And greed is based in hubris. Thinking that the individual is better than everyone else and needs more than others do.
Pride / hubris is the root of a lot of dysfunction. Greed is one of its daughters.
I suppose, but you could also argue the reverse: That Pride/hubris is based in greed.
They definitely feed on each other.