• Mohamed@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Is ‘embedded in … DNA’ to be taken literally or is it a figure of speech?

    I’d argue that it is embedded in everyone’s DNA to be brutal against outsiders, and thus the statement is technically true but phrased to provoke.

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      3 years ago

      It’s symbolic for the Anglos’ culture and politics.

      And no, I don’t think anyone has ever found evidence of a “brutal against outsiders” gene. Prehistoric humans were actually extremely cooprerative, moreso than we are now.