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Other philosophy communities have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. [ x ]
"I thunk it so I dunk it." - Descartes
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Cooperation for mutual benefit is human nature ๐
See I'm not even 100% sure on this, cause there a plenty of people who (in our current society) are selfish and uncooperative. I'm sure under a better system those same people could be better but the fact that they aren't now indicates to me that even cooperation for mutual benefit has to be encouraged by the environment to manifest.
Consider that their environment, I'm assuming you're from :amerikkka: or at least the west, has drilled into them since childhood that rugged individualism is what's morally correct. The concept of the superstructure and the base, that the superstructure is the combination of education/media/culture that drives into people repeatedly the message that competition is good and on a subtler level might makes right. The culture which valorizes success as material wealth and demonizes poverty is what leads people to be selfish and uncooperative. It is the sense of compassion and cooperation which has been killed by society and the elite have worked very hard to make it this way.