That's probably the idea behind it, but its use hasn't been explained well to most of the children who first hear it to begin with.
As such, most people grow up agreeing with it thinking "yeah if I was a Nazi I'd want to be treated like shit because I'd know I'm evil, so this is fine."
The treat others how you wish to be treated is used as an example to remind certain people about the definition of mercy.
That's probably the idea behind it, but its use hasn't been explained well to most of the children who first hear it to begin with.
As such, most people grow up agreeing with it thinking "yeah if I was a Nazi I'd want to be treated like shit because I'd know I'm evil, so this is fine."