I hear these comments for not wanting to help people, and it feels like we’re worshipping individuality to the detriment of community, which is necessary for survival.

  • “I don’t want my money going to ___ .”
  • “This is not a democracy, it’s a constitutional republic!”
  • “You don’t have any freedoms under socialism/communism.”
  • “They’re just looking for a handout because they’re lazy.”
  • “I’m a self-made man. I didn’t need anyone’s help.”
  • “Empathy is not a virtue.”
  • “I don’t see how that’s my problem.”
  • DillDough@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Animals work together very easily and frequently actually, same and different species, even things called symbiotic relationships. That argument is proving your point wrong and indicating that most hatred is indoctrination.

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      2 hours ago

      And they’re socialized for that too…

      Take a social animal, raise it in isolation, and it will be almost impossible for it to integrate in a group after released as an adult…

      You’ve never seen any of the videos of wildlife rehab hiding the fact that they’re human from an animal?