talking with emery really made me realise how the last ~two years destroyed my faith in the inherent goodness of people. i don& #39;t think i became as cynical as to think we& #39;re inherently evil, nor do i think that people who do believe we& #39;re inherently good are naive,

but in my view humans are incredibly easily swayed out of neutrality into cruelty and being a good person is something that takes work that a lot of us just aren& #39;t interested in doing

i remember not feeling like this, even when i understood that being good is something you constantly work on. i just ... maybe it& #39;s easier to think people aren& #39;t horribly corrupted into evil, that it& #39;s very easy to make them so. i think it makes it easier to accept

how many people around me hate me and wish to harm me. that it& #39;s just how humans are, always ready to hate others

sorry about this thread; i promise i don& #39;t think less of anyone who has more faith in people than i do and that i won& #39;t become and insufferable doomer. it& #39;s just really difficult to cope.