I often hear people make grandiose claims about what human nature is. I'm not sure why people believe them. There are lots of people stronger than me when I go to the grocery store, and yet they do not attack me. And there are lots of old ladies there that I could probably beat up, and yet I have not conquered them.
Because the risks outweigh the benefits. Why do you think the sort of thing is increasing dramatically in liberal cities that aren't enforcing laws so much any more? Make no mistake that if there were zero risk of negative consequences you would be pummeled on a near daily basis if you had resources that a stronger person wanted.
I think this says more about you than it does about everyone else.
Perhaps if there were no consequences for you, then you would attack and steal from everyone weaker than you.
But I don't think most people are just waiting for the police to disappear so that they can raid their neighbors' houses.
But I don't think most people are just waiting for the police to disappear so that they can raid their neighbors' houses.
Then why do they do precisely that?
You're sitting here an telling me with a straight face that if your family were starving and you knew a neighbor had food but wasn't willing to share you wouldn't go take some if able? You're either incredibly naive or stupid.
They don't do "precisely that", though. We see riots by some leftists in a small percentage of the country where politicians and the corporate press deliberate inflame racial tensions. This is not "human nature". This is demagoguery. If every single person in those cities suddenly decided to go rioting, then you might have a point. But it's not everyone. It's mostly people from out of town that Democrats truck in, anyway. These are either professional rioters or opportunists. The vast majority of people in these cities aren't rioting and stealing from each other. They're just trying to live their lives.
I didn't refer to any survival scenarios, nor did I make any such claim as you did in your second sentence. I think you're arguing more with yourself than with me. Try engaging with my comments instead of the ones you make up in your head.
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