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Originally Posted by starseed
I completely agree that a lot of evil comes from the desire to possess, but is that an inherent human trait? Or simply taught to us as a child. Would it go against our nature if we were taught to live in harmony with the earth, and not desire to own material things rather than to simply enjoy them? Early first nations culture, and a lot of far eastern ways of thinking seem to contradict that to me.
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I have no evidence either which way beyond my own opinion based on the histories that I've studied.
But crimes of possession for example go across almost every culture and throughout our history. I believe that its in our nature to both possess and dominate.
You look at our base instincts and we're all wired to need, want and take. Some just express our truer nature more clearly.
I don't think it can ever be filtered out, and even if it was it would still be there lurking below the surface until it saw opportunity to dominate or take.