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[-] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

we know there is a substantial portion of humanity, that just can't be convinced or motivated to engage in collective preventative action

That's one aspect of humans

I can't disagree more. Especially during COVID, you could see that most of the people unwilling to wear a mask belonged to a certain political group, and watched certain media that told them to act in such a way. I could bring you the opposite example with China, where the regulations worked extremely well and people didn't do this bullshit. It's not a human trait, it's just a certain ideology promoting selfishness.

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