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by AnimalMuppet 924 days ago
> There is no such thing as a 'just a tool', because we have fundamnetal and basal instincts that cannot be stopped when we operate in a large group.

Empirically that seems to be true.

> Yes, a hammer can be used for good or bad, but it will always inevitably be used for bad in an environment that encourages such uses.

From your previous line that I quoted, that would be any environment that has humans in large groups. Now what do you propose? Short of returning to hunter-gatherers (with the death of about 7.9 billion people), I don't see how you're going to prevent that kind of environment.