Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Is the conservative party failing in basic humanity?" video.

IF THEY WERE DECENT HUMAN BEINGS they would not be Troy MP's - it's self-selecting. Let me explain: The Child In The Well Experiment Mencius (fourth century BCE) was a Confucian philosopher. He proposed that all humans were inherently good. They all has “sprouts” of goodness, they just needed nurturing. To demonstrate this he proposed the following. A young child is sat on a well, as you want by it falls screaming down the well. He says EVERYONE would run to help the child, call for help. Recently this was tested. Subjects were taken to a room in a different city and there was a video screen of the space outside and it shows a well with a child on it. The subjects don't know this is a a pre recorded video, they think it is a live feed. As the “experiment” is being set up the child falls screaming down the well. The theory is that 100% of people will react and call the assistant to go help the child. This is not the case. 80% do exactly that, they go nuts and scream for help, run out the room to try and save the child, just what you would expect. 20% do NOTHING. They don't call for help, they don't get up and try to help and a significant proportion don't even register any facial emotions. They just passively watch a child die as if they were watching a commercial for shampoo. Upon further investigation, the vast majority of these that don't react are right to far right wing in their political views.
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@ProfessorTimWilson - 80% of people ARE better. The sad reality is, 20% are not. And that 20% are highly motivated to impose their will on others. I live in Bulgaria, you have to have an annual psychological test to be a taxi driver [this is why Uber is illegal here - thank God] or a bus driver or anyone alone with a paying member of the public. But NOT a politician. When people requested it, the politicians declined to implement it - WHY? We all KNOW why. A significan number would not pass. On the other hand, they still have a deep deep sense of community here and it is the most wonderful thing about the place. Most people are good, the 20% that are not desperately want to make us like them, so they divide us and abuse us when they get the chance. FYI - The Child In The Well Experiment was conducted in China on Chinese people. A society known for its highly social nature.
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