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We haven't evolved to a point where most people, especially those in power, think that it's more useful (e.g. economically and/or biologically rewarding) to be altruistic and self-sacrificing than it is to be selfish and, let's face it, capitalistic. That is, the need to make as much profit as possible and then to not give up some, if not most, of one's dispensable income to those who are structurally incapable of choosing a more satisfying life [not saying I'm good at it either, btw].
As I see it, we and every other animal have been biologically rewarded for being greedy. You can't breed that out of a species, and human's capability for culture has taken a hell of a long time to work on it (but it's our only hope at this point). Fuck natural and sexual selection... may have been great for a while, but at this rate our culture ain't gonna keep up with something so inherently biological as greed and we're gonna destroy ourselves.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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