darkSpyro

A solid 10. I don't think that we are by any means perfect beings, but my view of human nature is very positive. I think that dissatisfaction with humanity at large is often the result of false assumptions made about who we really are (and mostly people who feel the very worst about others have just had a particularly bad streak themselves).
That being said, I think we all make these kind of assumptions. It's simply the case that if one doesn't want to have their views conflicted by reality, they should assume as little as possible.

My personal view is this: that we are essentially primitive, reasonably robust, and social problem solving machines. Not innately moral or immoral. To an extent, our behavior and quirks are preordained by the natural evolution of our species, but we have luckily evolved to be very adaptive to new situations. Thus, we have a very broad range of behavior, most of which works well enough to keep us alive.
As a collective, we are self-learning and self-replicating. Most of our worst behavior is self-correcting, because all our motivations are ultimately rooted on the instinct to survive and propagate. We all want to live, so we continuously work to eliminate death. Our individual shortcomings are counterbalanced by the help of our social circle, and our social circle imposes rules on us that enable the survival of the community at large.

In a greater perspective, the evolution of human civilization could be likened to a steady march towards lower death rates, more food, more medicine, larger communities, more individual potential, and more understanding about the reality surrounding us. We've also done a great many terrible things, but not once in all of history have we taken so big a step backwards that the curve wouldn't have turned upwards once again. So far, whatever the problem before us, it's always gotten better with time.

So yeah, it all seems good to me. Contemporary issues don't really bother me all that much, though they used to make me feel a lot worse when I was younger. I'll leave you with quote that is sort of related, but it speaks volumes to me.

"Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics - you name it - is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what Man is - not what do-gooders and well meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be.
The universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any 'right' to expand through it.
In the meantime the M.I. will be there, on the bounce and swinging, on the side of our own race."
~Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, 1959