NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agoOne of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animalsmessage-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1277arrow-down1message-squareOne of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be AnimalsNONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThat view isn’t necessarily taxonomically based: We could still be like, “Ok, we’re apes, but we’re the best apes!” Furthermore, not everyone holds that view. The real issue is greed.
minus-squaretree_frog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoAnd greed is based in hubris. Thinking that the individual is better than everyone else and needs more than others do. Pride / hubris is the root of a lot of dysfunction. Greed is one of its daughters.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoI suppose, but you could also argue the reverse: That Pride/hubris is based in greed.
That view isn’t necessarily taxonomically based: We could still be like, “Ok, we’re apes, but we’re the best apes!”
Furthermore, not everyone holds that view.
The real issue is greed.
And greed is based in hubris. Thinking that the individual is better than everyone else and needs more than others do.
Pride / hubris is the root of a lot of dysfunction. Greed is one of its daughters.
I suppose, but you could also argue the reverse: That Pride/hubris is based in greed.