Man IS good and noble in his basic nature, ddw. And if you observe the majority of people most of the time you will see that they are basically decent, friendly, and wish to be left in peace.

The counterpoint to that is: it only takes a few bad apples to spoil the whole barrel.

If only 1% of a society is composed of aggressive, ruthless, antisocial individuals who are good at accumulating money and firepower they can majorly screw things up for the rest...and that is exactly what tends to happen.

Think back to when you were in school. One or two bullies can mess things up for 100 basically nice kids.

- LH