• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    Not quite, if that were the case the statement would be “because assholes”. By blaming “human nature” they’re self identifying as one of the assholes.

    Assholism is a diverse group with many discrete types of sub-asshole.

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      2 days ago

      It’s the nature of humanity that in any reasonably sized group, there are always a few assholes.

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          1 day ago

          I don’t think so. Good things can’t happen because of human nature: making good things happen involves groups making decisions, and in every group there are bound to be some assholes because that’s human nature, that limits the kinds of good things that can happen.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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      It just means they recognize that we are all assholes on the inside. Some of us cognitively try to supress the assholeness. But it’s there. If it wasn’t you would have died of hunger as a baby probably. Cause boy-oh is screaming at 2am an asshole move.