posted on Sep, 29 2021 @ 03:28 AM
originally posted by: Poveglia
As humanity evolves, we are left with the problem of what to do with prisoners, violence, etc. I think we can all agree that killing is inhumane as
well as locking someone up into a prison. We are left with the only humane answer to this is to exile evil. To put "evil" into a simplistic
definition, it is anyone or thing that benefits off the suffering of others.
This conclusion is incorrect. Exile is a terrible idea, and history will teach you that. You don't want to gather convicts in one place and allow them
to self-organize. What you actually want is to REFORM each individual and get them back to society so they can contribute in a good way. That's the
idea behind prisons, it's just executed terribly because we lack resources. And we lack resources, because we don't put enough effort into
prevention.
And that is the actual answer to this question: PREVENTION. Most evil comes from poverty, child abuse and lack of proper education. Properly raised
and educated person will rarely commit evil unless he has untreated mental health issues, which could also be addressed and prevented.
Exile, prison, death - all of those and similar solutions are treating symptoms not disease. An intelligent and highly advanced civilization with
endless resources would understand that and move those resources into prevention. Then at some point prisons would reach a state, where it would be
possible to focus on each individual and his reform. That is the proper humane answer - not making an entire planet a prison, but making prisons
redundant.
Religion is unfortunately a big culprit in the current state of affairs, because it separates evil from a person and treats it as a separate entity
that is infinite and can't be eliminated. That is the kind of thinking that moves focus from prevention into punishment and we end up with overcrowded
prisons and confused people.
originally posted by: Poveglia
Point is, our early human ancestors were the evil of another advanced civilization. They were exiled and banished to Earth in order to grow to this
point that we are at now.
The biggest issue with this concept is that you are punishing not only the person who did evil deeds, but also generations of his offspring, which is
the opposite of humane. It's actually one of the most evil things you could possibly do.