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Everything that is not human is ruthless. Non-ruthlessness is a purely human quality due to our ability to empathize with other humans and even non-human animal
by towaway15463 4y ago
Everything that is not human is ruthless. Non-ruthlessness is a purely human quality due to our ability to empathize with other humans and even non-human animals and objects.
Animals are ruthless, they will kill or devour you alive without a second of hesitation or remorse.
Nature is ruthless, it will freeze you to death, drown you, or demolish your community forever deaf to your pleas for mercy.
The universe is ruthless, its laws are unbending and its vastness is deadly and inhospitable to human life.
We are far beyond our evolved ecological niche which means we must conquer and alter everything around us or else be destroyed by it. We cannot sue for peace with an unthinking and unfeeling world. The only option is to shape it to suit our needs.
- beginnercounter 4y agoMy cat doesn't devour me. It cuddles me.
- Agamus 4y agoYour cat was domesticated. The OP here is correct on most parts, but wrong on a major one. Humans are animal. The only reason we exercise compassion or empathy is because we have mastered limited power and resource - we are mostly comfortable and safe. As soon as that changes, we become as animal as the next, and much more dangerous than any that has ever lived, on account of how mostly insane we are.