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And war is full of atrocities because people just cannot being themselves to do bad things to eachother? I am not making a basic argument for the goodness or l
by DubiousPusher 7y ago
And war is full of atrocities because people just cannot being themselves to do bad things to eachother?
I am not making a basic argument for the goodness or lack thereof in people. Only that war changes the rationale and emotional stability of people. It makes the illogical or unthinkable into the next logical step.
- gumby 7y agoWars are opportunistically encouraged and joined by psychopaths, of course, though armies often don't want those people because they aren't mission oriented. When they rise in the ranks it can be terrible. My point is that the majority of people don't "join the dark side"
- DubiousPusher 7y agoYeah, I overemphasized that point which I didn't even mean to originally honestly. See below.