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"To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lu
by UncleSlacky 4y ago
"To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lungs and saying that it is human nature to cough." - Andrew Collier
- DrThunder 4y agoYes... because no one is coughing from pollution in North Korea or China. Name a society where no one is in power.
- varispeed 4y agoThat's catchy simplification of how complex human nature is, borders on ignorant. In every culture and political system you will have people climbing to power using universally unethical means and then use their position to inflict suffering on the people they see as beneath them or use that power for other types of personal gain or gain for the group they represent at the expense of others. It does not mean that every person is like this. It is a spectrum. Majority of people just want to live their lives in peace, but they have to navigate their lives through the whatever system has been created for them. You will have corrupt civil servants in a communist country just as in capitalist country and the elites are very much the same. I have lived in both systems and each system exploits slightly different groups of people. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference.