| The only reason we coorperate is to advance our greed.
Why did cavemen gather in tribes? They would benefit greater from hunting food together than alone.
But threaten to shoot a man or his wife, and 90% of the time it will be his wife.
I'm not talking about excessive greed, Stalin-style. Definition of greed is simply getting what you want. Laws keep people from taking whatever they want (ie. I can't kill Bill Gates, rape his daughter, and steal his money since the consequences would not be beneficial). But give a man unlimited power, and he will abuse it.
Just ask Stalin and Hitler what they did with their power.
Ideological loyalty is the act of giving your soul to a vague concept, to be manipulated by people smarter than you. |