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We can say that people should not be selfish all the time. That will not change a simple fact: people ARE selfish. Yes, generally people do want to help those
by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
We can say that people should not be selfish all the time. That will not change a simple fact: people ARE selfish.
Yes, generally people do want to help those in need - usually in exchange for some respect and karma improvement. The "give the money and fuck off with your advice" approach won't cause much compassion.
- wolverine876 5y ago> We can say that people should not be selfish all the time. That will not change a simple fact: people ARE selfish. People are selfish and generous, angry and compassionate, courageous and scared. None of those things are more fundamental than the other. We are biologically the same as the saints and sinners, as the people who burned witches at the stake and the ones who risked their lives to save others. You can choose the best or worst angels of your nature; we each can. It's perverse to claim, against all evidence, that we are defined only by the worst in us. To take away our free will and choice. And for what? To provide an argument for a political movement?