Man's inhumanity to everything civilized

[UltraBudgie]

Wounds may heal... the scars remind us all not to do that again.

Please do not google "starvation deaths due to us and eu sanctions".




https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00189-5

[ANNEE]

In ancient times "they" built castles and forts.

Today we have gated communities.

We've come so far.

[quintessentone]

In ancient times "they" built castles and forts.

Today we have gated communities.

We've come so far.

I was trying to point out from my previous post that following the 'authority' without questioning whether or not their way of governing works for all people is what is needed these days. And, as always, protest for change. Allowing poverty and all the associated struggles such as mental and physical illness, in a third world civilization, is inhumane.

Those that built castles were the elitist upper crust. Those that built forts were ordered to do so by the upper crust war mongers because they wanted to conquer and pillage. War costs lots of money and young people's sacrifices. War is and will always be inhumane.

But as you mentioned in another post, there are those that make food banks happen, there are people who genuinely care about the welfare of others and we should not forget about that.

I was just watching a video about a man who has prepared 'survival' kits for homeless people, filled with warm clothes, a tent, and other necessities.

They are out there doing many different good deeds.

I didn't want to focus exclusively on man's inhumanity when there is a balance of humanity.

[Moon68]

The images all hurt so much...

They evoke visceral revulsion in some, they inspire a haunting to others...

The point, humans have not come so far as to boast our civilization has left all this behind.

Wounds may heal... the scars remind us all not to do that again.

Civilization and humanity are thin veneers masking the primal man, the animal within awaiting the trigger to be released. Make no mistake, Man is still an animal the same as any other with the exception we have opposable thumbs and the capability of deductive reasoning.

[Maxmars]

Civilization and humanity are thin veneers masking the primal man, the animal within awaiting the trigger to be released. Make no mistake, Man is still an animal the same as any other with the exception we have opposable thumbs and the capability of deductive reasoning.

But aren't the concepts of both "Civilization" and "Humanity,"
... self-portraits?.... subject to the world-view of those who craft them...
a simple reason why it is ever-changing.

I try to survey the directions of different narratives... and pray that is 
a human thing to do.

In a hyperbolic but feasible sense, this idea conjures something frightening reality,
that the nature of humanity somehow manifest primal characteristic...
(the idiot in me wants to ask, "Where have you been for recorded history?  We're working it out? We're "getting in touch"... gee wiz... impatient much?")

Human reality is NOT reality... (I could relay lots of poignant literature which supports the idea... but that DEFINITELY does not make it so.)