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Will humanity ever be able to overcome that tribalistic instinct of "us vs. them?" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The way I see it that instinct is the cause behind so much suffering and injustice in the world.

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[–] ricecake@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Follow up question, is it possible to decentralize or balance power so that no one group can cause too much harm?

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that's a great question!

We do need a slightly better tool than democracy, for sure

[–] ricecake@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I like bitcoin. It has problem that coins have a 90/10 distribution - 10 percent of people own 90 percent of coins - but it is decentralized, you can keep your coins in offline wallets and maybe the 90/10 distribution can be fixed because it's just code.