One fundamental truth of the world is that people will always want to live together with others, before other considerations arise.
Every breath we take is God's promise that we still have time to act.
I'm really not sure if I can buy such a pessimistic take.
I don't doubt there are some who have always viewed it that way, but everything I've seen tells me that creation is overwhelmingly the result of optimism.
I wonder about what place authority has in society.
It's clear that some people will always be determined to undermine society no matter what.
Yet it is also clear that others will freely devote themselves to pursuits which earnestly benefit society without any coercion, and threats or action can only impede them.