pimento to Communism · 3 years agoBrutality against indigenous people embedded in Anglo-Saxons' DNAwww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down17
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minus-squareMohamed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·3 years agoIs ‘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-up7arrow-down1·3 years agoIt’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 meant as a figure of speech.
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.