Humans are Intrinsically Evil

[ptbw forever]

My grand-daughter is being "bullied" in pre-school. Other little girls mock her because she was wait-listed for a field trip to an ice cream emporium. And that's not all. It is routine.

People are evil. Unless an intervening force turns them around (partly or entirely) they will lie, cheat, and steal according to (a) the chances that they will get caught, and (b) the likely ramifications of being caught. Call it "original sin" if you must.

Note that there is nothing virtuous about not doing wrong when the likelihood of being caught is high or the ramifications dire.

Look at situations, cultures, and environments where parenting is lacking and the kids almost all and almost always turn out bad. This is the endemic problem with mother-led, single-parent households and the boys that come out of them. There is no sufficiently strong influence to turn them away from their natural hedonistic, selfish, vicious tendencies.

Look around the world at all the Russian emigres who are involved in major crime organizations of all kinds. Russia just came out of a situation where kids were taken from their parents and raised by a godless state FOR GENERATIONS. Is it any wonder that they are at the forefront of porn, countless scams, and international cyber-crime?

We should always be on the lookout for people and groups of people who are conspicuously virtuous: people who have high ethical and moral standards, who do well in school, who are accomplished but modest, people who give time and money to charitable causes, regardless of whether there is a tax deduction coming. And ask yourself WHY these folks are extraordinary.

Usually, there is a religious tradition in the family. It's not a coincidence.

I would agree with that, but I personally disprove the theory.

I have never really been all that religious and I pretty much always have the best morals of my peers. Religious or not.

My grandmother was really religious and my uncle is pretty religious, but I stopped going to church with them and became less of a brat as I got older.

 

[Unkotare]

My grand-daughter is being "bullied" in pre-school. Other little girls mock her because she was wait-listed for a field trip to an ice cream emporium. And that's not all. It is routine.

People are evil. Unless an intervening force turns them around (partly or entirely) they will lie, cheat, and steal according to (a) the chances that they will get caught, and (b) the likely ramifications of being caught. Call it "original sin" if you must.

Note that there is nothing virtuous about not doing wrong when the likelihood of being caught is high or the ramifications dire.

Look at situations, cultures, and environments where parenting is lacking and the kids almost all and almost always turn out bad. This is the endemic problem with mother-led, single-parent households and the boys that come out of them. There is no sufficiently strong influence to turn them away from their natural hedonistic, selfish, vicious tendencies.

Look around the world at all the Russian emigres who are involved in major crime organizations of all kinds. Russia just came out of a situation where kids were taken from their parents and raised by a godless state FOR GENERATIONS. Is it any wonder that they are at the forefront of porn, countless scams, and international cyber-crime?

We should always be on the lookout for people and groups of people who are conspicuously virtuous: people who have high ethical and moral standards, who do well in school, who are accomplished but modest, people who give time and money to charitable causes, regardless of whether there is a tax deduction coming. And ask yourself WHY these folks are extraordinary.

Usually, there is a religious tradition in the family. It's not a coincidence.

I would agree with that, but I personally disprove the theory.

I have never really been all that religious and I pretty much always have the best morals of my peers. ....

Your “peers” must be quite the herd of scumbags.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

My grand-daughter is being "bullied" in pre-school. Other little girls mock her because she was wait-listed for a field trip to an ice cream emporium. And that's not all. It is routine.

People are evil. Unless an intervening force turns them around (partly or entirely) they will lie, cheat, and steal according to (a) the chances that they will get caught, and (b) the likely ramifications of being caught. Call it "original sin" if you must.

Note that there is nothing virtuous about not doing wrong when the likelihood of being caught is high or the ramifications dire.

Look at situations, cultures, and environments where parenting is lacking and the kids almost all and almost always turn out bad. This is the endemic problem with mother-led, single-parent households and the boys that come out of them. There is no sufficiently strong influence to turn them away from their natural hedonistic, selfish, vicious tendencies.

Look around the world at all the Russian emigres who are involved in major crime organizations of all kinds. Russia just came out of a situation where kids were taken from their parents and raised by a godless state FOR GENERATIONS. Is it any wonder that they are at the forefront of porn, countless scams, and international cyber-crime?

We should always be on the lookout for people and groups of people who are conspicuously virtuous: people who have high ethical and moral standards, who do well in school, who are accomplished but modest, people who give time and money to charitable causes, regardless of whether there is a tax deduction coming. And ask yourself WHY these folks are extraordinary.

Usually, there is a religious tradition in the family. It's not a coincidence.

Since all people are evil,clearly this bullying is actually not bullying and rather a rational reaction to your evil grand daughter's evil behavior.