Post #2218583
2025-12-31 04:30 UTC
Replies (6)
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@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-31 07:02
Someone else suggested that the rise in belief in human goodness is a function of the rise in belief of human incompetence. When you start recognizing that people frequently do stupid bad things not because they are bad, but because they are stupid, your heart softens a bit with regards to their intent. Anti-abortion is a great example. The majority of anti-abortion people genuinely believe that a zygote is an innocent human life, and terminating it is literally murder. If that's what they believe, why *wouldn't* they do everything in their power to stop it? People are murdering innocent babies! The more you get to know people, the more you start believing in Hanlon's razor. Most of the "bad" people aren't *bad*, they're just good people with stupid beliefs.
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@Zink@programming.dev 2025-12-31 14:05
I found myself among some Mister Rogers quotes and artifacts yesterday, of all possible things. So just for today I'm gonna push back on this one a little bit. I think the goodness is out there, but unfortunately much of our society is kinda designed to separate us from our humanity and mental peace.
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@AA5B@lemmy.world 2025-12-31 15:29
Someone had a very sad childhood to not believe in human goodness as a kid
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@luciferofastora@feddit.org 2025-12-31 12:16
I've started spotting more examples of goodness too, not just evil. I rather think society is polarising, with some people becoming more visibly selfish (out of desperation, I think: the more you worry about your future, the less charity you're willing to extend) and others making a point of being nicer to counteract the negativity. Part of that will be the influence of media. Outrage apparently sells better than kindness, and particularly where corporate influences are a factor, despair and division are useful to make the populace more pliable. If people are shit anyways, why bother trying to fix anything? Lemmy is no saint either: It's easy to jump to conclusions and throw accusations over what might just be genuine error or civil disagreement rather than fundamental hostility. So instead, let's also make a point of being nicer and more charitable to each other, and to others elsewhere. Good people aren't gone, they're just cowed and overshadowed. Let's fix that, you and me and everyone else who wants a nicer world. The indifference wins if we stop, so let's keep going! I hope you have a nice day, a pleasen start into your year, and I hope you can find that faith in humanity again.
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@PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2025-12-31 14:03
Depends. A lot of people build bubbles and spend the rest of their lives reinforcing their walls. They will deeply interact only with very few hand-picked people, and their mutual trust keeps getting stronger. Also, you might be surprised that a lot of people never even read or watch the news. From this POV, your faith in what you think represents humanity might as well increase over time.
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@plyth@feddit.org 2025-12-31 09:16
Complementary the believe should rise that some adults know what they do. It's not bad luck or human nature. Some people really know how to manipulate the masses.