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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by badrabbit on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:38AM (#32284826)
It is a fundamental question of the nature of man. People are fundamentally evil and need to be thought to do good. Religions including Christianity have a way to address that but what is a secular society's way to address this?

If you disagree with this please let me know why. Most people are raised to believe they are fundamentally good which causes a lot of harm and suffering. Challenging that preconception and learning to do good is the best way to defeat evil and let justice and equality prevail for all in my opinion.

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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by daenz on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:21AM (#32284981)
Secular society has been so busy deconstructing the concept of God and religion, on the premise that it's useless if it's not provably true, to come up with an adequate replacement for the positive things God and religion provided. They seem either completely disinterested or completely incapable of the task.
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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by polotics on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:26AM (#32284998)
What evidence do you have for "People are fundamentally evil". Personally I have found it useful to get new acquaintances to tell me their opinions on this one. A lot of the rest of their behaviour can then be inferred.
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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft by badrabbit on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:32AM (#32285022)
Like all of history and the cruelties of modern society in any country. Even toddlers have been shown to be selfish,racist and cruel towards other toddlers before they can even speak a word. If you can't find relevant research I would be glad to oblige tomorrow.
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