When people feel the absence of consequence, they reveal who they truly are. Most people are complete assholes. Is anyone surprised? After all, there is a pretty strong, positive selection pressure among our society for sociopathy.
That's the truth. We are a nation (European, Americas etc) who killed off a whole race of people and enslaved others.
We are a nation built by and for assholes! If one goes further down the timeline of history, it doesn't get any better.
Human's have been killing, enslaving and being dicks to each other for thousands of years.
I'm not sure I'd want to live in a nation NOT built by assholes tho... take India for example: A very non aggressive people who, by and large, have a great deal of
poverty, homelessness etc.
The link below kinda expands on why some people are bigger assholes then others.
http://angermentor.com/secrets-of-anger-addiction-and-why-rage-feels-real-damn-good
Early conditioning of a child can hijack the reward system of the brain.
Some folks get a nice little dopamine rush when they get angry.
That is a harsh way to get your dopamine fix tho, making others feel bad in order to feel good =/ Vampires !
I guess this also touches on the whole bullying thing as well.
Maybe there's an asshole gene out there? If so, I guess it could be corrected in time:
(Speaking to doctor) "I'd like a red-eyed, blue hair'd, non-asshole kid plz. thx"
Beware the new TTY code!