It is not human nature to be cruel, any more than it is human nature to be good, any more than it is human nature to be evil. But perception is human nature, imagination is human nature, and fascination with what we see or imagine is human nature. If we have a good imagination, then not all of what we imagine is good. And when we see a thing - if we really look at it, then we will see the other side of it as well. What we see will not be all good.
We cannot help but notice aspects cruel, good, evil, all of them - because each object and situation contains these potentialities. And we are fascinated by the effect that we ourselves can have. We do often wonder what would happen if we were to do....the "wrong thing."
Most of us, happily, pass through whatever imaginings and fascinations preoccupy us, and in the end we gravitate towards a desire to have an effect that isn't directly harmful to others. Most of us do.
Some of us, generally unhappily, do not.
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