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patphil

(8,735 posts)
13. There is something deeply wrong and cruel about our species.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:26 PM
21 hrs ago

As a species, we are way short on love. Hate, anger, violence...we've got a whole lot of that.
As a species, we are very much inclined to treat anyone different from ourselves with disdain.
Granted, there are a lot of kind, compassionate, loving people out there but, as the poster says, we are greatly outnumbered.
And now the US is teetering on the brink because hate has control of the government.
This is pretty much the same as what happened in Germany in the 1930's. Their excuse was the great depression, and reparations from WW1.
Americans have no such excuse.
We're actually doing pretty well financially, but the problem is that a certain part of the human race isn't liking that other parts are able to do well at all.
Greed, selfishness, fear, violence; all this and more are manifesting as a blind hatred for the "not us".

Even if we're able to find our way out of this current mess, and restore the rule of law, we'll see this happen again and again. Something is wrong with humanity, and I don't believe it can ever be fixed.

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Aside from a genuine minority, and a small minority at that, PoindexterOglethorpe 23 hrs ago #1
Especially when the small tax incentives are offset by defending Head Start EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #5
Is his couch pregnant? Ping Tung 23 hrs ago #2
The Nazis had a program called "Lebensborn." Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #3
And of course, for the Germans that weren't being murdered BaronChocula 20 hrs ago #17
Trumps 'baby bonus" was only $1,000 and could not be withdrawn until age 18....... riversedge 23 hrs ago #4
That program is as useless as a chocolate teapot. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #7
So. What's the problem? Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #6
"women's bodies have a way to shut that down" lapfog_1 22 hrs ago #8
You also need social support DBoon 21 hrs ago #15
40% of women of reproductive age want to move out of the US Quiet Em 22 hrs ago #9
Not surprised. Most of the young women I know want to have careers not babies and as to husbands they are totally not efhmc 20 hrs ago #27
For some odd reason, this instills in me a horrible thought. Disaffected 22 hrs ago #10
Remember the book/film "the Boys from Brazil" IcyPeas 22 hrs ago #12
Yes, I've seen that. Disaffected 20 hrs ago #20
Sure do HighFired49 20 hrs ago #22
Stephen Miller? Coventina 20 hrs ago #26
Eloon's spooge probably pollutes every sperm bank in the world. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #18
I don't think they have "sufficient funds" BaronChocula 20 hrs ago #21
Trump maybe not but Miller & Hegseth Disaffected 20 hrs ago #25
Rotten Roast Beef Farts. C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #11
There is something deeply wrong and cruel about our species. patphil 21 hrs ago #13
"Have more children, please." isn't a good message from a pedophile flvegan 21 hrs ago #14
They're too busy f-ing over common people over our money and freedom Jerry2144 20 hrs ago #16
On a planet with over EIGHT BILLION humans on it... love_katz 20 hrs ago #19
Want women to have more babies? Dulcinea 20 hrs ago #23
If trump makes you horny, you shouldn't have children. (nt) Paladin 20 hrs ago #24
Does vomit count? efhmc 20 hrs ago #29
Just wondering. What is the percentage of wives of the members of the Orange Idiot's administration are from foreign efhmc 20 hrs ago #28
Have they considered tanning their balls? underpants 20 hrs ago #30
I thought it was their taints? Coventina 20 hrs ago #31
😳 underpants 17 hrs ago #33
Birth rates drop like a rock when the economy sours Warpy 18 hrs ago #32
A flabby orange clown who hasn't been able to see his own dick for over 40 years ... 11 Bravo 17 hrs ago #34
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