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Giving up and saying everyone sucks is a symptom of someone who does not want to believe that it is possible to try and succeed to be good. Because if nobody can be good, then it is easy to feel okay being bad. Don't let yourself make this excuse.
I have plans to prevent even the possibility of doing something bad. But something slips catastrophicaly every now and then. It's always some unexpected angle that I fuckup in, which is why instead of ever assuming I'm good, I will always assume I'm a piece of shit, and "Airgap" myself from others. This is also why I will never date.
As for others, well seeing the polls sometimes, the landlords, and the state of the world. Having people tell me "we all have ADHD", and that it is propaganda. I just stopped expecting them to be reasonable. Many people have entire groups they would like to watch suffer, and love to see exterminated.
If the world was back to what it was, we would destroy it again.
Don't lose faith. The media, and your brain, have a very strong incentive to focus on the negative things in the world. Are there horrible, disgusting things happening every day? Yes. But you're looking at billions of people, and filtering to see only those things. If you walk around and take a look at what your average person does every day, it's generally pretty neutral. Maybe some good things. They stop and let another car go ahead of them. They say thank you to the barista. They hold the door for someone at work. Maybe some bad things. They send someone an undeservedly snippy email. They make a joke in poor taste. They take too much grilled chicken from the salad bar.
Some people are worse than others, definitely, but most people are not evil; it is just much easier to notice when someone's bad actions affect you. Similarly, it is easy to see when your bad actions affect others. But do you think the few truly evil people in this world are walking around wondering if they're good inside and trying to be better? This effort to improve and act well towards others which holds value. I posit that there is no such thing as a good person. There are good actions, and trying to do the best ones you can, when you can, is the best you can do. You will make mistakes, but it is always better to continue trying. I wish you luck, and the chance to see yourself and appreciate what you see.
I can't explain to you. There is just some crucial lack with humans, a screw loose, that makes them non-viable as they are.
I'm convinced our primitive hardware can't keep up with the responsibilities of this new world, and we would need to geneticaly modify ourselves just to survive.
Even a small flaw tends to snowball when there are so many of us.