You keep using that word. . . . Cynicism has nothing to do with complexity or evil or contrivance. It's the belief that people are fundamentally motivated by

You keep using that word. . . . Cynicism has nothing to do with complexity or evil or contrivance. It's the belief that people are fundamentally motivated by self-interest. That's ethically neutral, at worst (best?). And it's also demonstrably false if you pay any attention to economics. It's not really easy to tell what does actually motivate people, but self-interest isn't it.