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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It goes to show that humans are actually good to each other on an individual level or in small groups.

It's when we place ourselves in massive groups and communities of thousands or millions or billions of people that we start to act terribly to other humans.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"tribalism" being the word we use to label when a civilization engages in pointless violence when it's tribes that avoid this bullshit naturally by excluding the waste of time members of society who try to break society is so frustrating to me

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In all fairness, tribes did occasionally fight.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

sure. but tribes didn't often engage in systematic eliminations. genocide is something civilizations do

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Probably depends on the definition of "tribe", but yeah, I agree in principle.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago

You mean like the civilization of Homo Sapien Sapiens that genocided the Neanderthals?