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People cannot change overnight. People are violent probably because of evolution as well (imagine a purely pacifist tribe 10000 years ago - they would quickly be killed by their more violent neighbors).

You know this, but that is an over simplification, painted with broad brushes. I don't mean this as a criticism, but I mean it to try to point out a better point of view. If 1 person in 1,000 does something bad, it does not mean that all of society is bad. Perhaps the only thing we can do is do the best that we can do on an individual basis. There will never be a superman who will come in and fix it all. In fact, I would be very suspicious of someone who claims that they can. The world cannot be made perfect, but maybe it can be made better. Just handle what you can handle and don't try to take on a burden that is beyond you. 

Also, I'm not a fan of historical dramas, because I would confuse fact with fiction. I either want total fiction, or I would read a book.

I watched Heavy Metal 2000 recently. The hero says her people’s history was destroyed so that they could start fresh. Another character points out that forgetting history means you will repeat the problems of the past.

This mirrors the opposing philosophies of our real world. There is a belief that we, as a whole society, are forever guilty of the sins of the past. The insidiousness of this belief is that you, as an individual, are now forever guilty no matter what. The powers-that-be can invoke this original sin, and guilt you into doing things. They can also sub divide all of humanity into whatever convenient pieces they need, put you into that group, and customize your guilt.

An important part of this mind control is getting you to take on the duties of blaming yourself. You find things to be guilty for, all on your own. This is done by portraying X as bad and forever guilty. Where X is whatever sub group is relevant for the issue, and X defaults to “all of humanity” if there is no specific topic being considered in the moment.

This is an inherently self-destructive philosophy. As stated, this original sin can never be forgiven or reconciled. The powers-that-be want a Great Reset, which will ostensibly right all the wrongs of history. You will happily sacrifice whatever you have to pay for these sins, with the belief that you will finally be able to get on with your life, guilt free. Of course this is a scam. Your sins will never be forgiven. The next generation will continue to blame you for the sins of your ancestors. Your children will be required to pay reparations for sins committed hundreds of years before you were born. Your children’s children will be required to do the same, ad infinitum.

I submit to you that you are not guilty of things that happened hundreds of years before you were born.

On 2022-07-16 at 9:02 AM, Patriotic Brony 42 said:

You know this, but that is an over simplification, painted with broad brushes.

Oh yeah, I know.  It was kinda meant to be.

On 2022-07-18 at 3:28 PM, Patriotic Brony 42 said:

I submit to you that you are not guilty of things that happened hundreds of years before you were born.

Yeah, total agreement there.  I wish everyone felt that way.

On 2022-07-15 at 8:36 PM, Pentium100 said:

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Heh, I've already seen that one!    And yeah, it is encouraging, but it's nearly impossible for the discouragement from all of the carnage not to outweigh it.  I fully realize how our brains are constantly being gamed by violence and outrage in media.  I realize that bad news gets more clicks and more attention, and that a grizzly school shooting is extremely emotionally compelling, while at the same time, a bunch of numbers and statistics about how violence has declined over time isn't nearly as provocative.  The encouraging statistics don't capture and hold our attention the way images of grieving parents of dead school children does.  I realize that in order to function in life, we have to try to keep the bad news in perspective as much as we can, and try to remind ourselves of the logic of the encouraging statistics, but that's much easier said than done.  I'm a very empathetic person, and the violence and horror affects me very deeply.

1 hour ago, Justin_Case001 said:

  I realize that bad news gets more clicks and more attention

Yes. There are no news in "plane takes off and goes to the destination with no problems" and "school xyz did not have anything bad happen in 10 years".

TV and especially the internet shrinks the world. Even 150 years ago, new traveled slow and 10000 years ago it was even slower. You basically only found out about something if it happened in your town or village or if it was something really significant. Our brains are evolved to handle this, not TV. However, now I can easily find out about events that happened 10000km away from me in a place that I'll probably never visit. Logically, I understand that, say, a school shooting in the US has zero relevance to my life and to the lives and safety of the people around me. However, it still feels like it happened "someplace near", maybe a school near me.

1 hour ago, Justin_Case001 said:

The encouraging statistics don't capture and hold our attention the way images of grieving parents of dead school children does.

Because it is much more important to remember that one member of your tribe got eaten by a bear in this forest than the fact that you and your tribe went to this forest thousands of times without meeting a bear or that more people were eaten in the past and actually the forest is getting safer. It does not matter - it is still dangerous.