I grew up with original sin, and just accepted it as ‘that’s the way it is,’ to explain how people can be hateful and evil to others. Now I see the wrongs others do to others as just the way of not evolved enough human primates ; Jared Diamond’s “Third Chimpanzee.” And ya can’t train a dog to meow. As I see it : I can’t change the weather, politics, women, or human nature.
I would describe it as I would describe the nature and instincts of all the other animals and critters.
And Pinker’s answer is : “The Leviathan,” which is :
The Leviathan, a state and judiciary with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, can defuse the temptation of exploitative attack, inhibit the impulse for revenge, and circumvent the self-serving biases that make all parties believe they are on the side of the angels. Commerce is a positive-sum game in which everybody can win; as technological progress allows the exchange of goods and ideas over longer distances and among larger groups of trading partners, other people become more valuable alive than dead, and they are less likely to become targets of demonization and dehumanization.
The Leviathan theory, in a nutshell, is that law is better than war.
–Pinker, Steven. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined . Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Of course he has much more to say about it.
Thanks for responding Ierrellus.