« … We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire Universe. »
« We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves. »
« The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. »
All the beings that surround us have only one law and follow it in peace. Man alone has two laws, and both of them attracting him at the same time in contrary senses, he experiences an inexplicable tearing. He has a moral end towards which he feels himself obliged to…
Once again I encounter someone who insists on a very dark, pessimistic picture of humanity and our present condition where capitalism, oppression and class society are inevitable, inescapable results of "human nature".
But they did also say something about education being the only hope.
My sibling in the void, if you think education can change things, aren't you undermining your argument about the inevitability of human nature?
Don't you realize you are admitting that what many think of as human nature could actually be in large part the product of education, and not intrinsic to human nature at all?
The point here is that the vast majority of people never chose capitalism, it was forced upon them.
The ability of more people to chose ways of living "involving kindness and cooperation" have been drastically reduced, almost eliminated, by the oppressive regime of capitalism.
This was a calculated result of some people being "thinking creatures" and having amassed power to dominate and exploit the rest of us, not about people acting on "animal desires", nor about people having chosen something.
>>Maybe people killing each other is "natural." <<
Do you think killing people lawfully (as described in the article I'm not sure you read) is "natural"?
Isn't "rule of law" supposed to be about rejecting "animal natures"?
Jonathan McIntosh explores the social nature of humans within Fortnite, a game designed with incentives for self-preservation against all.
It’s a fascinating dive into human nature and psychology with respect to going against a UX designed for the contrary. And he imagines the untapped potential of game makers to design more games that encourage social interaction and cooperation.
I am not an anarchist because I am optimistic about human nature. I’m an anarchist because I’m pessimistic. I think that when people are put into positions of power and authority over their fellow humans, they tend to—consciously or subconsciously—focus more on the perpetuation of that power and at the expense of those beneath them. Power corrupts, and that’s why I oppose rulership in all of its many forms.
"The research project...underscores the political danger of romanticizing the past. Aspiring despots can and do prey upon declinist nostalgia, and the citizenry appears ready to squander precious resources on it."
I just read a blog post about how and why #Akkoma split from #Pleroma. What scares me is that our divisive human nature was the true culprit behind the free-speech vs FOSS debacle that caused the split. I have written on #Medium about how human nature's divisiveness is dangerous, but I would have never thought it would splinter a software dev team working on a platform for the #fediverse.