Thursday, July 22, 2010

Human Nature

It strikes me that Human Nature is the Great Constant.
All our attempts to create the perfect world are thwarted by it.

Capitalism claims that it can harness Human Greed for the Common Good, Socialism tends to pander to Human Laziness.

True Religion - with all its many faults - asks us to strive to overcome both Greed and Laziness.
In other words, to try to transcend our Human Nature.

It is perhaps not surprising that this appeal tends to be unpopular ! 
 

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