TheImmortalJellyfish
Unnaturally elected...
Pardon me - couldn't help butting in...
If we are all wired that way (to have at least a modicum of empathy towards all mankind), how does one explain hate groups and racism?
Ok, I'll write slowly this time.
In terms of your own, personal quality of existence (AND meeting your underlying need to preserve your genetic footprint), it is important to YOU that your children, your siblings, your grandchildren, your cousins survive and lead fruitful lives. The wider the circle, with you as the centre, the less this importance is felt. So, you feel a very close bond with your children, less so with your cousins, much less so with a stranger. BUT, all of those people play a part in making up the world in which you exist and survive; it's just that some play a more important role than others. We are 'wired', therefore, to express some degree of empathy ('goodness' if you will) towards all others.
Got it now?
If we are all wired that way (to have at least a modicum of empathy towards all mankind), how does one explain hate groups and racism?
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