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I don't know how many of you realize this, but our true "Humanity" is being the most violent, ruthless apes in the jungle. Just because we managed to become smart and then used smarts in our violence, doesn't mean we're not all still at the core, violent psychopathic apes.
We haven't lost our humanity at all, it's on full display for the world to see.
Our "civility" on the other hand, absolutely - is taking a back seat right now. But civility is a social construct.
social construct and social contract.
We are civil to people who are part of our in group and occasionally to strangers in desperate situations even if they don't. We are violently hateful towards people outside of the group we identify with.
Civility is taking a backseat because of all the fascist focus on hating those outside the geoup.
Even within the "in group", humans still show patterns of greed, dishonesty, etc. Con artists are a great example of this; people who will slip into the group and then work only for themselves.
Con artists see everyone they are lying to as outside their group. They might even see themselves as a group of one.
Even families - watch one family member with wealth die, and watch them all clamor for the remains. Humanity is not selfless. Pretending so is purposely remaining blind and ignorant to humanity's true nature. "In Group", "Out Group"...doesn't matter one bit.