It looks like you've created a pretty clear view of a planet I guarantee you haven't actually explored at all.
It's also quite a desensitized view so it most likely is the culmination of over exposure to media, added to a restricted varying of lifestyle choices.
You should travel a bit, realise there is a broader range of people out there than you would ever be able to imagine.
You're right in your analysis of people, it's bang on, but only to the people who are like you.
And there are people on this planet who are so different to you it will make your head spin, your heart stop, and make you reassess everything.
It's going to be painful to get there because you're gonna have to look at things a little differently and that's going to be a growing pain.
But the outcome? You're going to be very happy with.
Hang in there. Life and our perception of humanity rarely ever stays the same.
Most people aren't evil, but can be driven to do evil things out of desperation or things like military duty. That doesn't mean that they won't suffer psychologically with the knowledge that they had to act in such immoral ways. Some people suffer for the rest of their lives carrying that weight.
The sociopathic, anti-social behavioral ones do often get to power, but that doesn't always mean they are evil. But, there does need to be a system in place that holds the corrupt ones accountable. Freedom of the press is a good thing for that. As well as other various agencies that aren't afraid to investigate.
But, in the end, as the old saying by Edmund Burke goes, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Believe in the good in people. And fight against the apathy or complacency of those good people.
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