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[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm more concerned that people believe it's rare, in both humans and the animal kingdom

Predators will share territory if there's enough to go around, even forming close relationships across species, sometimes even raising their young together

Empathy is the natural state, unless there's enough scarcity. Humans are naturally generous, unless we're raised in an environment of eternal artificial scarcity...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Predators will share territory if there's enough to go around, even forming close relationships across species, sometimes even raising their young together

Some predators(and scavengers) have special move "Recruit!", which allows them to invite members of another guild(species) into their party.

https://youtu.be/QaKwqsSIbIo

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

All those rich bastards that are not generous at all must have been raised in a lot of artificial scarcity then. Really artificial since most of them grew up well to do as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Unironically, yes. Daddy's approval, respect from their peers, relationships based on you and not your money, even basic self respect- they're raised chasing money to fill the hole, to see it as the value of a person, of themselves

The ones that aren't cursed with this artificial scarcity? They quietly live their lives however they like, they're not trying to nickel and dime their way for more. You don't hear about them much, because why would a mentally healthy person put themselves through that for no reward? Any of them could buy a nice house (or a dozen), pretend to be upper middle class, and live whatever kind of life they want. They could live out of 5 Star hotels and be waited on hand and foot. They could buy their way into fame as an actor or a musician

It always strikes me as absurd - we're destroying the planet, and none of us are happy - not even the billionaires benefiting from it. Their family lives are a mess, they're hated (or idolized for things they're not), and especially now, they probably live in fear of being targeted walking down the street

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago

They spend all their damn lives not even fully comprehending they're not living in scarcity, because the only resources they've ever been taught to focus on are those which are inherently scarce - competing for attention, fame, social status, etc.