Unless forced to act responsibly, the main principles people follow are laziness and cowardliness. Except for the few militant religious pacifists, most people claim to be peace loving and non-violent so they can avoid conflict. Some people even use it as cover for their own bad actions.

I think that has always been the case for most commoners but modern liberalism enshrines it as philosophy. A religion that makes us feel better for nothing doing.

Unless forced to act responsible, the main principles people follow are laziness and cowardliness. Except for the few militant religious pacifists, most people claim to be peace loving and non-violent so they can avoid conflict. Some people even use it as cover for their own bad actions.

I think that has always been the case for most commoners but modern liberalism enshrines it as philosophy. A religion that makes us feel better doing for nothing.