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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

People always say, "only the good die young." But that made me think. What if long-lived people are just more likely to do bad stuff over the course of their lives? Because everyone does good and bad stuff.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

IMHO whether or not a person will ever be a domestic abuser or rapist is pretty much determined by the time they reach adulthood. It's not like a good man suddenly decides to start beating his wife or raping teenagers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'd be interested to see any sociological evidence supporting that theory if there is any.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Xi can point out that psychologists have looked at mental health trends in communities with slaughterhouses. When a new slaughterhouse opens and people start working there, depression, alcoholism, addiction, sleep problems, violent crime, and domestic abuse go up. Make a man do violence all day for a living, and he starts to think violence is a valid way to solve problems.

[–] krashmo 1 points 10 hours ago

That you know of. That seems like a pretty broad brush to be painting with. It may be generally true but I'd be extremely surprised if there were no exceptions.

[–] peopleproblems 0 points 10 hours ago

The only counter I have to that is how sensitive our brains are to chemical, mental, and physical trauma.

Drugs, injury, and environmental stress cause easily observable behavior changes, but also changes on the brain measurable in medical imaging. And there's a lot of acknowledgement that these changes can occur in childhood and persist.

I don't think anyone chooses to be cruel, I think it's forced on them in ways they can't do anything about, and as a society we owe it to them to do better and help them.