Everyone says mankind is “basically good.”
But if that were true…
Why do we need laws for:
- theft
- fraud
- murder
- corruption
- exploitation
If people were naturally good…
none of that would exist.
And yet…
It exists everywhere.
Not occasionally.
Not rarely.
Consistently.
This isn’t just a problem in one country.
It’s not political.
It’s not cultural.
🌎 It’s global.
A Legal System For A Real Problem
We don’t build entire legal systems to control good behavior.
We build them to restrain something else.
Something predictable.
Something repeatable.
Something inside us.
Every nation on earth — regardless of language, religion, or government — ends up building the same thing:
🌏 Laws to control people.
Why?
Because deep down…
we already know something isn’t right.
Wars And Rumors Of Wars
This isn’t new.
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus said:
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” — Matthew 24:6
Look around.
- The United States is engaged in escalating conflict with Iran
- Russia and Ukraine continue bombing each other
- Israel and Palestine remain in relentless war
And that’s just what’s in the headlines.
So much for “humanity is evolving.”
The Reality
We like to believe the problem is “out there.”
Bad governments.
Bad systems.
Bad people.
But what if that’s not the root?
What if the system looks like this…
because we are like this?
So the real question isn’t:
“Why is the world broken?”
It’s:
👉 Why are we?
Continue reading → Part 2: The Goblin Problem
