pimento@lemmygrad.ml to Communism@lemmygrad.ml · 3 年前Brutality against indigenous people embedded in Anglo-Saxons' DNAwww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBrutality against indigenous people embedded in Anglo-Saxons' DNAwww.globaltimes.cnpimento@lemmygrad.ml to Communism@lemmygrad.ml · 3 年前message-square13fedilink
minus-squareMohamed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前Is ‘embedded in … DNA’ to be taken literally or is it a figure of speech? I’d argue that it is embedded in everyone’s DNA to be brutal against outsiders, and thus the statement is technically true but phrased to provoke.
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前It’s symbolic for the Anglos’ culture and politics. And no, I don’t think anyone has ever found evidence of a “brutal against outsiders” gene. Prehistoric humans were actually extremely cooprerative, moreso than we are now.
Is ‘embedded in … DNA’ to be taken literally or is it a figure of speech?
I’d argue that it is embedded in everyone’s DNA to be brutal against outsiders, and thus the statement is technically true but phrased to provoke.
It’s symbolic for the Anglos’ culture and politics.
And no, I don’t think anyone has ever found evidence of a “brutal against outsiders” gene. Prehistoric humans were actually extremely cooprerative, moreso than we are now.