Excellent post.
Pockets of greedy minorities, set the tone in many ways, and in many places. They took advantage of hospitality across the world, saw it as a weakness, and proceeded to destroy trust. Colonising along the way.
It is impossible to reverse, but not impossible to progress.
Generations handing down grievances, in the form of a fashionable chip on the shoulder, has become common-place in a lot of societies, but not all.
We are not shaped by the truth, we are shaped by the way history is taught. There is nothing natural about selfishness, that has been taught, and is still being taught....
We are naturally selfless, with innate fight or flight or feed tendencies, designed only for defense purposes.
Read are we racist...
RE: Optimism at the End of the World #10 : Selfishness and Selflessness - The two are not at odds