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> Affixing your own oxygen mask before helping others is a decent tagline for capitalism. Not the point of the article, but this is a terrible tagline for capi
by dmd 7y ago
> Affixing your own oxygen mask before helping others is a decent tagline for capitalism.
Not the point of the article, but this is a terrible tagline for capitalism. You put on your O2 mask before helping others not out of selfishness, but because if you don't, you literally won't be able to help others - you could be unconscious in a matter of seconds.
It is not necessary to be that economically selfish just in order to help others.
- Dumblydorr 7y agoIsn't it similar to trickle down theory, though? Give the wealthy money first and then it will fall to others.
- empthought 7y agoNo, trickle-down would be one passenger affixing an entire airplane’s worth of masks and only then maybe detaching one or two for his favorite fellow passengers to use.
- bsanr2 7y agoTheory vs practice.