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In reply to the discussion: Ted Lieu: "allegations of Donald Trump raping children ... of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. " [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,456 posts)Cell, it was called. It starts out as an apocalyptic zombie novel and then veers off in an interestingly weird direction. It was made into a film and despite John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson leading the cast it was a real letdown.
Anyway, the characters are discussing just what we are at our core, our most basic level, and one character opines that while we like to think that we came to dominate the globe because we're smart and we use tools and all that jazz, the truth is much darker.
He says, more or less, "Our core is madness, our basic level is murder. We ended up dominating the world because we're the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle and we killed our way to the top."
It's a very interesting if dark take on humanity, that's for sure.