Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Greed is Man’s creed.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish, altruistic and helpful.