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Originally Posted by Pierre
The human race is naturally corrupt.
In the words of Mr Bridger, “ Camp Freddie, everybody in the world is bent”
It’s a matter of degrees.
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No, it isn’t- but a reasonable percentage is.
But the more people accept that view, the more it will be.
The old "why bother, everyone’s doing it" excuse, put forward by those who want excuse their own corruption (and I don’t mean you when I say this, I mean as a general "get out of jail" card).
As a race, we aspire to improve (abolishing slavery, trying for equal rights, the NHS, etc.), but there are always those who say "nah, why bother, it will just be abused/misused".
JFK said it best -
"Some men see things as they are and ask 'Why?
' I dream things that never were and ask, 'Why not? '”
Robert Browning -
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"
If we can’t try to be better, what’s the point?