• BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Point is every society has significant number of egoistic actors. You can’t design a socio-economical system with assumption that everyone will just work for “common good”

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      21 days ago

      @BlackLaZoR the difference is that in a hierarchical system (like capitalism, where capital concetrates), those egoistic people tend to be at the top of society.

      Capitalism is a horrible bad solution to dealing with egoistic people

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        21 days ago

        First, Egoist =/= Evil and Altruist =/= Good

        Worst criminals of history often justified their crimes with “higher need” or some other noble goal.

        Second, it’s the best solution that has been proven to work. And it’s the best solution because it aligns incentives.