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So no. People are competitive and compare themselves to others everywhere. If you think otherwise, then 1) share something real that supports your belief, and

by dpark 5y ago

So no. People are competitive and compare themselves to others everywhere. If you think otherwise, then 1) share something real that supports your belief, and 2) consider that whatever bubble you’ve constructed for yourself is misleading you.

goodpoint 5y ago
Please spare the strawman. Some societies are well known to be hypercompetitive, other are less, and same are profoundly egalitarian. This has been widely researched by anthropologists and there's plenty of literature on the topic. (oh and if you still insist on anecdata, I know plenty of people who consider distasteful to compare your wealth to your neighbors, both from Europe and from Asia)
- dpark 5y ago
  > Some societies are well known to be hypercompetitive, other are less, and same are profoundly egalitarian. This has been widely researched by anthropologists and there's plenty of literature on the topic. And yet you still can’t provide a single concrete example of a non competitive society. It has not gone unnoticed that you’re moving the goalposts and suddenly you’re comparing relative levels of competitiveness which is wholly different from your claim that it is not natural to be competitive. Don’t complain when someone knocks down the strawman you set up yourself. > I know plenty of people who consider distasteful to compare your wealth to your neighbors Nearly no one compares their wealth to their neighbors directly. This is bad taste even in the US. Asking someone their salary is generally considered quite taboo unless you’re in the process of negotiating a salary worth a new company. > both from Europe and from Asia This is interesting since I can find you endless threads online from Europeans asking if American engineers really make so much and why they make so much more. This sounds like comparison to me. I can also find endless articles discussing the rise of status symbols (iPhones, luxury cars) among the middle class in China and India as their wealth rises.
  - goodpoint 5y ago
    > you’re moving the goalposts and suddenly you’re comparing relative levels of competitiveness No, you set that goalpost by yourself. Read the thread again.

by dpark 5y ago

goodpoint 5y ago

Please spare the strawman. Some societies are well known to be hypercompetitive, other are less, and same are profoundly egalitarian. This has been widely researched by anthropologists and there's plenty of literature on the topic. (oh and if you still insist on anecdata, I know plenty of people who consider distasteful to compare your wealth to your neighbors, both from Europe and from Asia)

dpark 5y ago
> Some societies are well known to be hypercompetitive, other are less, and same are profoundly egalitarian. This has been widely researched by anthropologists and there's plenty of literature on the topic. And yet you still can’t provide a single concrete example of a non competitive society. It has not gone unnoticed that you’re moving the goalposts and suddenly you’re comparing relative levels of competitiveness which is wholly different from your claim that it is not natural to be competitive. Don’t complain when someone knocks down the strawman you set up yourself. > I know plenty of people who consider distasteful to compare your wealth to your neighbors Nearly no one compares their wealth to their neighbors directly. This is bad taste even in the US. Asking someone their salary is generally considered quite taboo unless you’re in the process of negotiating a salary worth a new company. > both from Europe and from Asia This is interesting since I can find you endless threads online from Europeans asking if American engineers really make so much and why they make so much more. This sounds like comparison to me. I can also find endless articles discussing the rise of status symbols (iPhones, luxury cars) among the middle class in China and India as their wealth rises.
- goodpoint 5y ago
  > you’re moving the goalposts and suddenly you’re comparing relative levels of competitiveness No, you set that goalpost by yourself. Read the thread again.