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while i somewhat agree with that reasoning, it can go too far - most people would murder and kill if there weren't any consequences to doing so. But is it right to say who they really are as being murderers?
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Most people would what? No, I don’t believe that’s true.
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> most people would murder and kill if there weren't any consequences to doing so

Do you have any evidence to support this? Feels like this opinion is made up, for unknown reasons.

In reality, psychopathic tendencies are about 4.5% in the general adult population, a far cry from 'most people', with the gold standard assessment being only 1.2%. [1]

From that same article, "The construct of psychopathy is understood generically as a type of personality disorder characterized, among other important features, by the presence of behaviors that conflict with the social, moral, or legal norms of society, giving rise in many cases to clearly criminal behaviors ..."

There's also the bagel experiment described in Freakonomics. [2]

[1] https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10....

[2] https://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/WhatTheBagelM...

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> most people would murder and kill if there weren't any consequences to doing so

Citation needed. There are a lot of ways I can improve as a person, but I can promise you I am not and not ever been a murderer or killer regardless of consequences. Even if someone threatened me or someone else, I would do my best to not kill them and simply diffuse the situation.

Maybe take some time to reflect.

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you should probably seek mental help and read them this specific thread to cut to the chase instead of paying for 10 sessions
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> most people would murder and kill if there weren't any consequences to doing so

…yeah, it’s fitting that sama was the top user here. What a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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That says a huge amount about YOU and nothing about ‘most people’. What a very revealing thing to say. Wow.
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