The answer is more complex, and paradoxically simple. It is the human soul which holds your answer, but realize first that it is the human spirit within the human soul which is under attack from spiritual forces. ... Put another way, I’ve never seen an alcoholic horse, or a cocaine driven dog; all except humans lack a spirit to discern good and evil thus they are not under spiritual attack.
This answer has a “feeling” of truth.
May not be the only answer to why humans self destruct but it is a good one until something better comes along.
That is a remarkable insight, MGH.
We ate the apple.