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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Isolate a group of people... without leadership and control, chaos ensues. Humanity at is core is not "evil", it is erratic and self-serving, and with that chaos and "evil acts" are found.
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I don't believe that's true at all, and I think there are myriad instances which disprove it. There are plenty of stories about people being isolated in tragic circumstances where chaos does
not ensue, but rather people prove adept at organizing themselves in such a way as to ensure survival.
Trying to track down some research to back up my hypothesis, but all the papers I can find I have to pay for.
An example that comes to mind is the "Alive" story - yes people did horrible things to survive, but they didn't kill each other and they didn't descend into chaos.
In fact, the very philosophy you quote leads us to conclude that, in any isolated group there will probably be people of at least two, if not all three of the "metal" types, which would indicate that order would then be naturally asserted. Also, as far as I know there is nothing in that philosophy which indicates that people are incapable of transcending their 'type' in dire circumstances.
People need other people to survive, and the drive to survive is by far the most powerful instinct we have. It is in the best interest of an organism such as a human to maintain a functioning group dynamic in difficult or dangerous circumstances.
And to get back on topic, I don't hate Satan at all - he's doing awesome for me in my pool.