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Opinion - Death clocks are ghoulish, whatever you think about billionaires in subs (12ft.io)

submitted 1 year ago by Los@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Mot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

To play a little bit of devil's advocate.

People do have an ingrained instinct for in/out groups and dehumanizing and even wishing for harm to befall the out group is very much a part of human nature. That there is harm being inflicted on the in group by the out group (perceived or true) will of course reinforce this.

Having said that, most people will agree that we should be more than our base instincts and use at least logic if not compassion in our decision making.