“Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.”
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In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.