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Late Soviet writers such as Strugatsky brothers would often bring out the topic of barbarism and brutality which is characteristic of Human race and had to be f
by thriftwy 3y ago
Late Soviet writers such as Strugatsky brothers would often bring out the topic of barbarism and brutality which is characteristic of Human race and had to be fought at all times...
...which is, as far as we know now, not innate but looks like symptoms of chronic lead poisoning.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoLead poisoning is far from the _only_ cause of the darker side of human nature.
- thriftwy 3y agoThe surprising is that this side turned to be manageable. People around them ended up not wanting to actively destroy themselves and their environment. That was the big surprise of 00's and it coincided with aftermatch of when the lead gas was outlawed. It seems based on the last years' news that the USA is having a reenactment of that now, though. I wonder what it takes this time to fix things.