There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with the world. but given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will act like lords of the world. and, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now."