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Townhall
20
Observations About Human Nature
That Liberals Would Probably Disagree With
by John Hawkins
Dec 01, 2012
1)
Working hard, being self-reliant
and taking responsibility for your own life are good for you and will
make you
much happier than having too much leisure time, being overly dependent
and
giving others responsibility for your life.
2)
The more a behavior is rewarded
with attention, fame, sympathy or money, the more of it we'll see. We
recognize
this almost instinctively when it comes to good behaviors, but we also
tend to
almost habitually block it out when it comes to behaviors we don't want
to
encourage.
3)
There's nothing shameful about
being poor -- but, if you stay poor over the long haul in a country
like
America, you're doing something wrong.
4)
Oftentimes, the line between
bully and victim is very thin indeed. As a matter of fact, the most
vicious,
nasty and sadistic people you are likely to ever run into will probably
view
themselves as victims or advocates on behalf of those they believe have
been
victimized.
5)
Human beings are born as
selfish, savage, feral little beasts not much different from wolves or
tigers.
The reason they don't remain that way is because of the conditioning
they learn
from their parents, their friends, their church, their entertainment,
their
teachers and other factors. The worse we become at transmitting
important
values to children, the more degenerate, sinful and crime-ridden our
society
will become.
6)
The less responsible people
become for their own lives, the weaker, more dependent and generally
less
effective they become as human beings.
7)
With rare exceptions,
individuals are better able to determine and act in their own interest
than any
government agency ever could.
8)
If you think the most immoral
thing someone can do is say, "That's immoral," you're helping to ruin
the world.
9)
Almost no one is as careful
about spending other people's money wisely as he is about making sure
his own
money is well spent.
10)
Diversity usually proves to be
a weakness, not a strength -- although intellectual diversity does at
least
have the benefit of undermining groupthink…
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