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Letters for Saturday, January 25, 2025

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28.01.2025

Can humans become better than we are?

Throughout history, people have suffered from religiously imposed cruelty, like the Spanish Inquisition.

During the 18th century women were tortured and executed as witches. The 19th century saw cruel empires abusing indigenous peoples, for example, America’s genocidal treatment of native tribes.

The 20th century witnessed savagery on an industrial scale, Hitler’s final solution, Stalin’s collectivization of farms, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It seems that human nature is impossible to change. We are the most........

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