Is every person you know inherently selfish and destructive? We would not have survived as a species if that were so, we are actually biologically wired for altruism, the first signs of civilisation weren't trade, but evidence of healed wounds that required others to deliberately keep that individual alive during the extensive healing time, instead of leaving them to die.
Part of the narrative is that we are all individually selfish. Most are not, but humans are supremely adaptable and malleable when it comes to majority rule, tapping into our natural survival conformity is how we are manipulated.
Is every person you know inherently selfish and destructive? We would not have survived as a species if that were so, we are actually biologically wired for altruism, the first signs of civilisation weren't trade, but evidence of healed wounds that required others to deliberately keep that individual alive during the extensive healing time, instead of leaving them to die.
Part of the narrative is that we are all individually selfish. Most are not, but humans are supremely adaptable and malleable when it comes to majority rule, tapping into our natural survival conformity is how we are manipulated.