Jeff Scudder
World History Honors

Why People are Bad at Heart

	Everyone in this world is evil. They are greedy and they want to take everything from you. I believe this for several reasons. People want power, and money, and fame, and glory, and most of them are willing to stop at nothing to get it.
	Not everybody believes in your religion or in God. They don't believe if they kill or hurt someone that they will go to hell or heaven. They do however, believe that if they have to kill or hurt someone to get power, then they might as well do it. In our society everyone wants to be famous. I have never heard a response by someone telling me that they didn't want to be famous or popular.	 People have choices in their lives. They can chose between good or bad. Often the bad choice leads to being more fun, or better for them in the end. So it is human nature that they chose the way that is better for them and not for whomever else is around them.
	For example, if you went to a store and bought a very cheap item of good quality, you would be giving into child and low wage labor, instead of buying an expensive shoe where the workers and paid well and work in a safe environment. This choice is better for you, but bad for the world. Also, if you had to throw something away and couldn't find a trashcan, but needed to throw it away that moment, you would probably litter. It is bad for the world and the environment, but once again, it is good for you. Because of things like this, people act on instinct and they don't think about what can be good or bad, so they naturally choose bad.
	People aren't necessarily evil, they just make the wrong choices on instinct. They dont understand why they are sometimes making the wrong choices, but they know they are doing bad. Whenever something seems too good to be true, it probably is.