Franz KafkaMost men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.
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If all the men were truly wicked, the world would be a very different place. But, most men are not wicked at all. They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers. Most people are good people, but they make mistakes.
They have strong desires and struggles that come from their background, and those desires and struggles usually lead them to do things that are not right. In fact, many of those things that they do are the same things that other people do. For instance, a man who has been brought up to believe that sex is dirty might have sexual desires toward a woman who does not share those beliefs.
Or a man whose parents have taught him to be a leader might take a job as a worker in a factory without being told what to do there.
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