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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 19 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Nope.

Human nature is co-operative and altruistic, there's evidence going back to barely recognisable AS human and it's literally a key reason why we're the dominant species.

Capitalism rewarding sociopaths is the outlier

[–] jesterchen@social.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

@Taleya Is there any scientific material on this? I've had this discussion again and again with my family, from the far side of ultimately altruistic to vastly egoistic... and if there is (hopefully unbiased) scientific material on this, we might settle this argument.

[–] kwedd 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution" by Kropotkin

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