Popularly, one refers cynically to "human nature" in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.

通常，人们在承认诸如贪婪、谋杀、作弊和说谎等人的不良行为的不可避免性时，会冷嘲热讽地提到“人性”。

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They are moving away from the old stress on individual failings (stealing, lying, cheating) and talking more about the fate of humanity as a whole.

他们不再像过去那样多的谈论个人弱点(偷窃、撒谎、欺骗)的压力，而更多的谈论人性作为一个整体的命运。

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Then, you set up your policies and your rules as if they're all lying, cheating crooks.

而在制定公司的政策和规定时，又必须把他们想象成谎话连篇、欺诈成性的恶棍。

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And you can turn on the television anytime and find some show, fictional or not, where someone gets what they want through lying and cheating, and is rewarded handsomely for doing so.

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