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But what about human nature? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5375472

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly it just finally crystalized for me why that quote has always pissed me off when redditors hold it up as some sort of deep philosophical statement when it is, at best, a cheap rehashing of the also-hacky Clockwork Orange theme of being made to be good vs choosing to be good, and I had to articulate it while it was fresh in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You were right to do so; without further context it may have sounded like I was also nodding along to the born-good-born-evil-except-extra-special-chosen-ones-like-Drizzt bullshit.

All that talk of born-good and born-evil makes me think of this.

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/175