Does Evil come in our Nature?

Manuela Gomez
2 min readNov 25, 2020

War has been a part of human societies since the beginning of their existence, making it seem inevitable. From the beginning, human beings have fought for the sharing of limited resources like land. All of this has cost the lives of millions of human beings over the centuries. Although the end of the war is not imminent, today stories of hope and peace are becoming more and more known. With the help of these stories, different conclusions can be reached and many doubts may arise, especially if it is possible for the human to resist revenge and prosper in cooperation.

The tradition of the Dassanech and Dagatom tribes is an example of a custom that provides hope to humanity for one-day achieving peace. Their peace celebration is called Tinku and takes place in Bolivia where the different tribes in the area have a battle ritual where they promote unity and reconciliation.

Another example is the great reconciliation of peace in the country of Rwanda after the 1944 genocide. These stories provide evidence and valuable information on how to overcome and recover from war, but it is important to understand the dangers that this entails. For example, American drones are a strong lethal weapon that can shift the balance between war and peace due to their ease of killing as well as the nuclear weapons with their constant threat of extinguishing humanity.

These stories are examples of reconciliations that provide hope to humanity by demonstrating our ability to cooperate. But at the same time, it shows us the different consequences that the war can have years after it is finished. However, this does not clarify anything to me. All this brings me to the same question: is the human being good or bad in nature?

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