Human beings are inherently good

Sigmund 2022-03-23 09:02:30

Poverty brings out the bad side in human whereas wealth brings out the good side. Suddenly I feel that it is unfair to talk about morality without economic conditions. For the poor, jumping in line, even stealing and robbing, are their means of survival. If you don't do it, you can't survive, and who cares about immorality. Those who didn't cut the queue or rob, may end up with their children not getting enough to eat. And the world at most can say "so poor". Only when you meet someone who is really rich and kind-hearted can you really help. What if the rich didn't see it in time? The final outcome is that their children starve to death and freeze to death. And for the rich, they don't need these means to live, and even live well. If these people stand on the highest point of morality and blame the poor for their lack of quality when their basic needs are fully met, I think it is a very despicable behavior. In earlier times, everyone was poor. Rich people really rely on their own efforts to get rich, and they can better understand the difficulties of the poor. Nowadays, the social gap is getting bigger and bigger. The rich get rich not only because of their own efforts, but also because they were born into families that can provide them with a good education. So they themselves should be more morally restrained than the poor. I myself am a person who thinks complaining about one's birth is pointless. I always think that people can't choose their origin, and society itself is unfair, but people can choose how to live their lives, so I don't envy people born with golden spoons, and I also think that poor people can't blame others just because they are poor and put their own Misfortunes are blamed on society and even fate. But today let me rethink the issue of morality. Maybe it is unfair and inappropriate to use a unified moral standard to constrain everyone.

View more about The Upside reviews

Extended Reading

The Upside quotes

  • Dell Scott: You can have any girl you want, man. You rich and you available. What about this lady right here with all the botox? Y'all be perfect for each other. You can't move your body, she can't move her face.

  • Dell Scott: You here for the cleaning gig?

    Guy in Elevator: Uh, life auxiliary.

    Dell Scott: Life what?

    Guy in Elevator: Auxiliary.

    Dell Scott: That's what they calling it now?

    [chuckles]

    Dell Scott: White people got a name for everything.