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[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Theres some tendency towards tribalism that is probably a human thing though right? Wasn't that the main social unit for humans through prehistory?

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Social units existing in the first place requires some level of empathy. Tribalism is just selective empathy, not the absence of it.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Humans definitely aren't altruistic or empathetic, as a whole.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because we're just animals. I would say it this way: humans are not instinctually altruistic but are capable of being rational.

Which isn't any better and may actually be worse: we can be rational, but we can also rationalize our instincts.