If a bunch of people become stranded on an island it doesn’t become lord of the flies turns out. Human nature is to help one another because what is good for the tribe is good for you.
We know this because it has happened, there are documentaries about it, and those are circumstances where there are actually limited resources. Currently there may as well be unlimited resources because there aren’t enough resources for one person to completely consume. I think it is perfectly unnatural the way the rich in particular act, and I believe it is under our current system in particular that drives people to act that way.
If you’re trapped on an island with a group you’re probably under the size of the monkeysphere.
When group or tribe size exceeds the monkeysphere, that’s when you start seeing all the weird shit and blatant exploitation.
It’s usually not the rich and wealthy directly doing evil shit either, it’s the people under them following through on it to reach an objective - generally more money or resources for the ones on top of the food chain. By utilizing middlemen who feel like they have no choice if they want to “climb the ladder” no one feels like it’s their fault for causing the pain, so no one thinks they are a psychopath and no one person is blamed for the fault- it’s all those “big companies”
The nuance for this stuff goes on and on and on and on.
I just don’t believe this. This is so untrue.
If a bunch of people become stranded on an island it doesn’t become lord of the flies turns out. Human nature is to help one another because what is good for the tribe is good for you.
We know this because it has happened, there are documentaries about it, and those are circumstances where there are actually limited resources. Currently there may as well be unlimited resources because there aren’t enough resources for one person to completely consume. I think it is perfectly unnatural the way the rich in particular act, and I believe it is under our current system in particular that drives people to act that way.
“what is good for the tribe is good for you” is the key take here. They’re only nice to others when it benefits themselves.
Just a shitty fact of life.
If you’re trapped on an island with a group you’re probably under the size of the monkeysphere.
When group or tribe size exceeds the monkeysphere, that’s when you start seeing all the weird shit and blatant exploitation.
It’s usually not the rich and wealthy directly doing evil shit either, it’s the people under them following through on it to reach an objective - generally more money or resources for the ones on top of the food chain. By utilizing middlemen who feel like they have no choice if they want to “climb the ladder” no one feels like it’s their fault for causing the pain, so no one thinks they are a psychopath and no one person is blamed for the fault- it’s all those “big companies”
The nuance for this stuff goes on and on and on and on.