No, the problem is there is no innate human empathy for humans…
Just for “us” which was likely the reason every species close to us, isn’t around anymore.
Oxytocin is pivotal neurotransmitters for group bonding, it’s why we get lonely, fall in love, and think babies are adorable despite being disgusting.
But oxytocin also makes us hate “them”
Where “them” is anything we weren’t exposed to as toddlers.
Racism/bigotry is baked into humans, and it takes effort to teach every generation that “us” is a very very wide group. Where “them” is basically just billionaires and people doing their building. That’s already where the wealthy have been drawing the line for centuries.
It’s like socializing a puppy around cats so that when the puppy grows up it doesn’t have a prey instinct kick in and chase cats.
We need to socialize kids so that when they grow up they don’t freak out over diversity.
And we’ll never be able to stop, every single generation till the end of humanity will need that step
No, the problem is there is no innate human empathy for humans…
Just for “us” which was likely the reason every species close to us, isn’t around anymore.
Oxytocin is pivotal neurotransmitters for group bonding, it’s why we get lonely, fall in love, and think babies are adorable despite being disgusting.
But oxytocin also makes us hate “them”
Where “them” is anything we weren’t exposed to as toddlers.
Racism/bigotry is baked into humans, and it takes effort to teach every generation that “us” is a very very wide group. Where “them” is basically just billionaires and people doing their building. That’s already where the wealthy have been drawing the line for centuries.
It’s like socializing a puppy around cats so that when the puppy grows up it doesn’t have a prey instinct kick in and chase cats.
We need to socialize kids so that when they grow up they don’t freak out over diversity.
And we’ll never be able to stop, every single generation till the end of humanity will need that step