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It turns out society-wide prosperity doesn't naturally arise from maximization of individual egoism. Who knew…
by littlestymaar 1y ago
It turns out society-wide prosperity doesn't naturally arise from maximization of individual egoism. Who knew…
- contingencies 1y agoThis is the force keeping India trapped in poverty. Turns out indoctrinating a caste system at all levels of society fundamentally dissuades young people from engaging in objective thinking about social outcomes for others and normalizes self-first thinking. China has adopted capitalist egoism wrapped in a reinterpreted Confucian family-unit ideal but has the guiding party to ensure stability (read: political security) and economic function remain on the agenda. Anyone attacking infrastructure will be dealt with severely (this was the leadup to the Xinjiang crackdown post 911, a small Uyghur group had been bombing the rail lines). That said, I did have a fiber optic line to one of my offices in China disconnected by a copper thief ~2008. Unheard of recently.