• @rbhfd
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    151 year ago

    People aren’t necessarily selfish, but they are tribal. They’ll go above and beyond for the people they know. Their family, friends, neighbours,…

    But this sympathy is rarely extended to people further away. From different towns, countries,…

    I believe most people are not purely selfish, but selfish people do seem to do extremely well under capitalism. (Not making any statements on other economic systems though)

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      right, and this is why it’s so important that we have systems that take in mind how humans work.

      Capitalism is horrendous for this reason, it explicitly and directly incentivizes the worst parts of humanity and results in a downward spiral of selfishness and dehumanization.

    • @Clent
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      41 year ago

      I wouldn’t say “rarely” the entire liberal political movement is based on treating people we don’t know and will never know with decency.