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This gives me a little hope.

genocides and murder are very human ...

this is so annoying. i think if you took a random person and gave them the option to commit a genocide, here a machine gun, a large trench and a body of women, children, etc... they would literally be incapable of doing it. even the foot soldiers who carry out genocides can only do it once they "dehumanize" their victims. genocide is very UN-human because its an idea that exists in offices and places separated from the actual human suffering. the only way it can happen is when someone in a position of power can isolate themselves from the actual implementation and consider the benefits in a cold, logical manner. that has nothing to do with the human spirit and has more to do with the logical faculties of a machine and machines will have all of that and none of our deeply ingrained empathy. you are so wrong and ignorant that it makes my eyes bleed when i read this comment

This might be a semantic argument, but what I take from history is that "dehumanizing" others is a very human behavior. As another example, what about slavery - you wouldn't argue that the entirety of slavery across human cultures was led by people in offices, right?

also genocides aren't committed by people in offices ...

Well, people in offices need new shiny phones every year and new Teslas to get to the office after all...

You've partly misunderstood evolution and this animal species. But you seem like a kind person, having such positive beliefs.

> you are so wrong and ignorant that it makes my eyes bleed when i read this comment

This jab was uncalled for. The rest of your argument, agree or disagree, didn’t need that and was only weakened by that sentence. Remember to “Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.”

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