It is healthy to be skeptical or to understand motivations without baselessly assuming a benevolent authority, majority or status quo, but similar to what danoss said, it’s usually a naive idealist assumed negativity that should be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of people’s motivations rather than branding peoples’ negative behaviors as universal, inevitable or human nature.
Is cynicism something that should be avoided? I view cynicism as a healthy need to always question authority, the status quo, and majority opinion.
It is healthy to be skeptical or to understand motivations without baselessly assuming a benevolent authority, majority or status quo, but similar to what danoss said, it’s usually a naive idealist assumed negativity that should be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of people’s motivations rather than branding peoples’ negative behaviors as universal, inevitable or human nature.