[kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American Right

[Brendan]

Hrm...methinks it's a bit pre-emptive to say that before we have a
complete understanding of genetics. Not contradicting it, just playing
Devil's advocate.

Actually, come to think of it, all this time I've been playing Devil's
advocate, what has the Devil ever given me in return? Least he could do is
hook me up with some willing succubi once in a while...fuck's sake.


> "The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not

> part of a fixed and biologically given human nature, but result from the

> social process that creates man,"

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> -- Erich Fromm,  _Escape from Freedom_

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> -Oliver

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> GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>> We are able to choose behaviors that go way beyond remnants of our

>> evolution. In fact, we often  choose behaviors that are worse than

>> those related to our animal roots--e.g., invading other countries. SO

>> i think it's a mistake to say that we are programmed to be mean, when

>> humans can display a huge range of behavior. The point is to develop a

>> culture in which mutually cooperative behaviors are chosen (and I know

>> you'll probably say that what's good for one person is bad for

>> another, etc. but i think working for the collective good actually

>> works best).

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