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Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern?
But if nobody gets any credit for anything, & all punishment is arbitrary, of what interest is carrying on? The banks would go broke & any survivors would have to go learn new lessons in la-la-life from our utopian comrades. Apples are oranges in more ways than one. Doesn't thinking of oneself as the victim-cum-benefactor of circumstances make one into nothing at all? This becomes a little depressing, filtherton.
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It would be depressing. However, I think that the promise of recognition is a pretty good motivator for people to do good (and bad) and so I don't think that it would make sense to stop giving people recognition, even if they're ultimately doing what just comes naturally to them.