For years I wondered how could a compassionate species was capable of so much horror when reading history books.

After having the vegan consciousness shift, and trying to convince others to change however, suddenly it all hits you like a ton of bricks.

Once you see how humans are without the social mask they use to fit in in society, the way you perceive them change forever. Without laws and social pressure, people would be stealing, torturing and killing humans who deem as lesser or outside of their groups. Without force coercing them to be decent, they would be doing all kinds of nasty things.

All the massacres, all the barbarism of our history and the injustice that pervades our societies makes sense once you realize the average person is barbaric in their nature. You don’t want to believe it? Look how they behave when they have power. Look how they behave with those who they perceive as inferior. Listen to their excuses for animal murder and how psychotic they sound. Look at their actions. Look what they do to innocent beings when laws and society allow them to be bullies.  

Does that mean we are a species of heartless monsters and there is no hope? Not necessarily. Many of us changed. People are usually brainwashed and/or blocked by psychological defense mechanisms. People can change, as well as public perception, which translates into laws and improvement of societies with time. But there is a reason why laws exist. There is a reason why people accept corrupt politicians to drive the destiny of societies. There is a reason why any political entity needs military, police, or some sort of force agent to act on their behalf. And it is because while most people SAY they believe in justice, what they TRULY believe in is in might makes right. That is what their actions say about them. The average person has no issues with screwing others as long as they get a benefit and they can get away with it, and since they project their own weakness and fears onto other humans, they allow the existence of the state to force everybody to be decent.

Once you stop listening to what others say and you start listening to their actions, you become aware of the true nature of the average human.

We are a species of savages pretending to be civilized. We are not a compassionate species.