When you organize your entire socioeconomic system around the core value of maximizing personal gains
Just like every other single species in the animal kingdom, you mean?
Ok, got it.
When you organize your entire socioeconomic system around the core value of maximizing personal gains
Ok, got it.
So, animals maximize personal gains, do they? Your first mistake is to think there is a kingdom outside the realm of human culture. Your second mistake is to ascribe human emotion to those animals; have you read the many articles about cats being the most selfish animals in the world? They're not selfish, they don't even know what that means. And even IF you were to believe that nonsense, don't you think we are unique in that we're capable of rising above those supposed primal instincts?
don't you think we are unique in that we're capable of rising above those supposed primal instincts?
I think we're egotistical enough, to think that we do.