I agree with Luke here, if not for religion or community pressure
(EG: grandma will find out) then people do whatever they think will
give them an advantage and then justify it to themselves so they
can go on feeling that they are decent and honest human beings.

This happens not because people think about being evil but because
people by and large don't think deeply about their motivations at
all.

The biggest reason why so few people are overt career criminals is
because crime is such a fantastically bad business to be in. You
get locked up and treated inhumanely, your cohorts rat you out, you
get robbed, shot at, backmailed.. and at the end of the day (as a
typical street crack dealer) you make about minimum wage.

Anything which makes criminality a better lifestyle choice is going
to bring more of it because not only does it encourage the
unscrupulous but it also makes criminality more of a cultural norm
and natural selection breeds those who are both willing to engage
in the activity and able to perform the mental gymnastics to excuse
their behavior to themselves. Perhaps even to glorify themselves as
modern day Robin Hood.


Thanks,
Caleb



On 11/16/2013 09:46 AM, jamileh s.t. wrote:
> " Humans are by nature inclined toward evil, and historically when
> people can get away with things (ie, nobody finds out) there have only been
> two things to stop it: either religious morals (ie, "God knows"), or a police
> state." i don't think this is true, do you really feel that way about yourself for example? we have some relatedness with those closest to us, and some lesser degree of relatedness with humans as a whole, maybe our brains have selected for the behaviours to be kind and take care of those closest to us, and when we perceive random people we are unable to section off those instincts, or completely distinguish them from a family member.
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> On 16 November 2013 02:17, Amir Taaki <genjix@??? <mailto:genjix@riseup.net>> wrote:
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>     luke, this is very smart. well done.

>

>     sorry everyone for being slow to respond to mails.

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