jakub on Nostr: For the better of course, but humanity perpetually seeks progress, yet our essential ...

For the better of course, but humanity perpetually seeks progress, yet our essential nature remains tethered to primal instincts. We pride ourselves on cultural refinement and distance from barbarism, particularly in the modern West, but beneath the surface, we are fundamentally unchanged. The patterns of exploitation and violence that once defined ancient civilizations persist, albeit in disguised forms. Slavery still exists, rebranded and veiled within systemic frameworks, and the notion of human sacrifice lingers, cloaked in subtler, socially accepted guises. Civilization evolves outwardly, yet the core of human behavior remains strikingly consistent, echoing a timeless truth about the human condition.