Just remember that all the shit and all the atrocities you see on TV or in whatever news medium you choose, and all the droll, don't accurately represent humanity. Because what accurately represents humanity is pretty droll most of the time, and by definition, news is the stuff that stands out and is an unusual event worth reporting. And it sells more papers when its bad stuff, but for every bad act there'll be one act of true goodness. And that ratio is when the world goes to shit. In reality it's closer to a 5:1 ratio. All the stories about murders and abductions are by far the exception to the norm. I'm sure everyone except those who are hard-wired to cause trouble would much rather give money to a homeless man than straight up punch him for daring to be homeless.
Fundamentally, people aren't that bad. It's just that sometimes a crazy person wanders into power and shit gets weird, not necessarily because people agree with them, but because they have the power to make people do what they want. If you put a face on something, or force people to actually watch or experience someone else's pain and suffering, you might be surprised at how much good people are capable of. Being jaded and cynical is stupid, frankly, because it ignores that people do have a good side. Not to say they have no bad side, but you have to remember that they have both a bad and a good side.
