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BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
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Thursday, August 3, 2017
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Man’s inherent state
THE CRISIS in Marawi, the state Syria is in now, the dictatorship in North Korea, imminent threats of terror all around the world. What does this say about humans?
It seems every decade, every year, every day there are stories of men hurting each other. Could it be that the lessons we were taught as a child, that man is inherently good, was a myth?
You see it all the time. Give people access to power and you will find that most will abuse it. This can be proved in the Stanford Prison Experiment. During this experiment six college students were divided into two groups; three guards and three prisoners. The purpose of the experiment was to create a simulation of a prison scenario. The “prisoners” were made to wear clothes to demean themselves while the “guards” were made to wear sunglasses to appear more detached.
The prisoners in dresses began to hold themselves differently; they were very submissive. The guards, on the other hand, were told that they could punish the prisoners any way they wanted to. They would torment the prisoners by letting them do push-ups and occasionally even step on their backs while the push-ups were being done.
What is it about power that makes man abusive? Is it knowing that there are no limits and no rules to hold them back? Is inflicting hurt upon others a new kind of drug?
Men who are deemed “great” are those who feed off others. Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Thomas Edison, Adolf Hitler. These are men whose names have been passed on from generation to generation and they can all claim their successes were a result of their persecuting others.
Man loves to torment other men not only physically but also mentally and emotionally. How do you feel whenever a deep dark secret of your friend gets gossiped about? Don’t you feel the giddy excitement of being a part of the “inner circle of current events”?
Research shows that gossiping about a third party builds the bond between the two gossipers. There is just something about seeing other people’s failure that sparks a primitive driving force in humans.
Could it be for survival? Is the joy we feel when seeing other’s failures a result of trying to stay on top and keep ourselves strong?
Man finds joy in causing trouble for others. Doesn’t life get a bit dull when there is no crisis or issue that’s happening? There are the good and the helpful that come out as a result of this, but what starts it all is the inherently cruel nature of man. (angelica.panaynews@gmail.com/PN)
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