Sigh, humans are OK. It all depends on the spicing. But seriously... As an old cynic and ex-misanthrope I should say that I have changed position. >>Whenever

Sigh, humans are OK. It all depends on the spicing. But seriously... As an old cynic and ex-misanthrope I should say that I have changed position. >>Whenever I find myself riffing about bad systems and the humans behind them, I try to think about them as people. Most of human behavior is culturally programmed. If you read about e.g. Scandinavian history before 1500 AD, Afghanistan(!) looks peaceful. Compare that with the present world. Democracies implement realpolitik and lie about it. But internally, they are quite nice to voters. Few in democracies are violent and actively, well, "evil". See "democratic peace theory". The whole world is becoming democratic, because that is the only thing that works (except getting free money from oil). You need to accept that humans aren't perfect, but with the right environment they are OK. (The old misanthrope in me still mutters about spices.) Enough with teenage angst. It becomes boring after 30.