Are Humans Inherently Evil
A great man once remarked “All men are created equal”. Well that
observation
was correct, except that mankind is only equal in the eyes of
moral judgment. Here I will
show how man is inherently evil, but not at his
request.
There can be a wide spectrum of emotions that mankind can
display, but these
days the dominant traits are greed and hatred. Emotions
and environmental stimuli dictate
our actions. Every action we display has
been impacted upon by some other outside
force, be it another person or how
your day is going. Deep down people have to desire to
be good, but the evil
inside us all always finds a way to burrow to the top. For millennia
man has
fought his inner demons only to find that this battle is futile. Only because
man is
susceptible to peer influence at every turn. And why is that, is it
the ever growing need to
conform to society’s norm, is it the need to be
liked by others, or is it curiosity of the
things people do. In my opinion
man’s need to conform is the underlying reason why he
does the things he
does. Conformity makes us feel safe, it makes us feel like we are one of
a
group, when in reality we are one in a group of five billion.
If
conformity dictates a person’s way of being, why does that make man
evil?
Conformity is evil since mankind imitates what he sees from other
persons unknown.
Even if the action is illegal or immoral. Man sees that
money will buy him love, friends,
and financial stability, in which it will
not, just spiral that person down the rabbit hole.
Where does the rabbit
hole lead? It leads to a circle of viscious carnality, destroying
other
people like nothing just so another zero is added to your paycheck.
This is where
conformity leads us, from simple beings, to devils in the eyes
of those who hold the key to
our humanity. Those people being the ones who
are closest to us, our dear friends, and
our family.
In conclusion,
mankind has a long ways to go before we can be called humans,
since now
“Demons” would be the best adjective to describe our
race.
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