Submitted by Anonymous on 12/31/1998 10:00 PM Flag This Paper
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A single person is pure good, and has no sense of self. He/She does not know what property is, nor does he know the idea of inferiority. This state of
perfection is only broken by the introduction of another person to this environment. From this point on, every person added to the not yet society
increases the amount of anger and greed brewing between the people. People however, do not wish for this environment, but instead wish to return to the
original state, that being a world without worries. There are two paths towards accomplishing this, the first of which is to kill everyone, and the second is
to form a system in which people accept that they are all equal in rights, but not equal, however in the way of property.
The statement of people being good is not to say that people do not have evil in them, but merely have no way of acting upon it. When people are alone
they subconsciously believe that everything in the world is their possession. There appears to be no one else who will prevent their use of it, so the
possessions of the solitary human are safe from theft. The feeling of inferiority are also unknown to this person because he/she has no one else to whom
one may compare one’s self.
Suppose two individuals, both under the impression that they are alone, bump into
each other while looking for food. The two people have the same, simultaneously, first thoughts. After the initial shock of the fact that they are not alone,
both realize that they have lost their freedom to live without concern. Now there is someone who can take there vital possessions, or worse yet there land.
Soon after these thoughts, are questions of self doubt. One person will ask of his or herself: Am I better then this other person?
Will I be able to defend myself? If they are better than me, what can I do?
The path must now be chosen, does one try and kill you new found counter part, or does one try and make an agreement among all people? All people
will eventually...