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that people as a whole are inherently good
nope. nope nope nope. people are inherently selfish
half the population of the world seemingly needs to believe in fairy tales and a magic book to give them a moral code. people will, time and time again, do things for their own convenience or desires at a greater direct and immediate expense to somebody else, i.e. knocking somebody over to spill $10 out of their pockets and only steal $2 and run away.
fuck people. people will get respect when they earn respect. everybody else gets basic decency and nothing more, until they prove they're not an asshole. and the moment they prove that they are an asshole, they get treated like one.
Expecting the worst of people without input or influence and you will get the worst. It also doesn’t make you a great person to expect the worst of people. This isn’t caution. This is finding your new level.
no self respecting or good person will seek you out and leave you out there with the shit eaters. Cuz if you do nothing but overlook all the good people just to seek out shitheads to be your personal source of humanity, then what good are you to good people to be around?