We've all went through a stage of fearing the creatures that go bump in the night; as a child, I feared "the man in my closet", "the shadow creatures", and "the monster under the bed".
Yet, today, the most terrifying that I can conjure is a human. I can't think of any mythical creature, any scary movie, or paranormal phenomenon that sends my heart out of my chest--but show me a criminal, tell me a story of human torture, or let me witness my own personal demons and you'll leave me trembling.
We're all monsters. We range from an innocent bystander who does nothing to help a victim to deranged psychopaths with a thirst for destruction.
We pick on the weak and strive only for ourselves.
We kill.
We torture.
We bully.
We rape.
We steal.
We lie.
We beat.
We judge.
The sad part is, we do it to others AND ourselves.
As a "dominating" species, we abuse our power/intelligence to the point of self destruction--it's absolutely horrifying.
When will it end?
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