Comic #5715: bastardry

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Panel 1: The setting is a presentation room. A man in a suit stands beside a projection screen. He has a short haircut and glasses, and he is gesturing towards the screen. The screen displays a graph labeled "Bastardy" and "Self-Hate" with an upward curve. The text reads: "During the last several centuries, humanity has gone from seeing itself as the highest life, as the spark of the divine, to being a particular species of ape molded only by the struggle for survival."

Panel 2: The same man continues speaking, and the screen shows another graph with a title "General Human Bastardry," which also depicts two upward curves. The text states: "During the same period, a metric I call 'General Human Bastardy' consisting of per capita incidence of war, genocide, slavery, and so on has declined in concert."

Panel 3: The man continues his lecture. This panel shows him from the waist up. The text reads: "The inescapable conclusion is that human self-hatred is the driving force behind building a more just and peaceful world."

Panel 4: In this panel, the man seems to be wrapping up his point. He gestures with a hand. The text states: "Therefore the quickest means by which to achieve utopia would be a crash program to not only display but promote the ugliest, most debauched and degraded view of human nature."

Panel 5: The panel shifts with two characters visible. The first man asks: "ANY QUESTIONS?" The second man responds: "YES! WHY DO THEY KEEP SPONSORING ME?"

Panel 6: The first man looks contemplative. The second man gestures toward the audience and asks: "HAVE YOU HEARD OF FACEBOOK?"

The comic concludes with a group of shadowy figures in the background remaining silent.

Signature: The bottom corner has the web address: "smbc-comics.com"