Great perspective Obdicut. I went through a similar evolution, though from full on anarchist to, well, whatever I am now. I’d probably be classified as very liberal, but I don’t really feel simple labels accurately represent my full spectrum of views.

My only (minor) objection would be this phrase:

We humans are the only thing that can break away from the Darwinian cruelty of the world

I don’t think that’s really a fair representation of Darwinian theory. It’s more akin to how social darwinians view the world. While predation and parasitism can be seen as cruel, it’s only an aspect of the natural world, not the entirety of it. Commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis are just as important in Darwinian theory. And why not, organisms working together (from the same species or otherwise) can accomplish more than they could independently and increase the chances of passing on their genes. Cooperation is one of the dominant lifestyles on the planet. I could make list upon list of organisms working together from the symbiosis of fungi and plants, the relationship between ants and aphids, the living arrangement between pistol shrimp and gobies, to the symbiosis of microbes in your gut and you. Yet I’d only be able to include a tiny fraction of the number of organisms on this planet that depend on each other. All life on this planet is so completely intertwined that I feel a little saddened when people view the process that created all this in a negative light. I blame social darwinists for distorting the theory in the public mind as merely a predator/prey dynamic just because that’s all they care about.