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I don't think society understands the scale of ignorance and evil of other humans that walk among us. I used to always say it's 50/50. But I think it's more like 75/25 and decent people with respect for life are the minority. It feels like it's game over for humanity.
its the opposite. most people are genuinely decent folk. the world is actually getting safer despite what you see and hear because we now see and hear so much more than we used to. its a confirmation bias.
at some point we will realize that religion itself is a cancer. like most cancers, it has a strong benign composition with many deadly streaks.
just like with benign cancers, it must be excised and treated as the mental health problem it is.
Left to their own devices, a very strong majority of people default to being "good" people (I generally consider "good" is self sacrifice for the good is the many, and similar thinking and behavior - "evil" is selfish actions and 'the end justify the means'). However, people are unfortunately not left to their own devices due to algorithms, echo chambers, propaganda, etc.
And evil is far easier to spread than good is....