The problem with capitalism is just in the name -- capital means money, and capitalism values that above all else. Above people, above workers, above making a good product, etc. The motive isn’t “the community motive” like in Confucianism, it’s “the profit motive.” The thing is is that humans are not about competition. We’re all about co…
The problem with capitalism is just in the name -- capital means money, and capitalism values that above all else. Above people, above workers, above making a good product, etc. The motive isn’t “the community motive” like in Confucianism, it’s “the profit motive.”
The thing is is that humans are not about competition. We’re all about cooperation and kinship. A greedy prehistoric human probably wouldn’t survive, and would be shunned by the group.
In nature, greedy monkeys are often rejected from groups. Meanwhile, humans are praising people like Zuckerberg and Bezos -- our greedy monkeys -- and putting them on magazine covers.
I don't agree it is just in the name. It is as you said after that....capitalism values that above all else. I don't agree that humans are not about competition. Humans like a challenge...the reason we have games. What we need to be is smarter and more compassionate as individuals. Some are. Some aren't. The reason some people aren't so smart or compassionate...that's another topic...mental health, genes, education, abuse, lack responsibility, ethics, etc.
I mean competitive in life. I’m not talking about in games, like Soccer or Baseball, or Capture the Flag — which are healthy competition and really fun.
I also agree that there are other factors with people being dispassionate — I would argue against genes being a factor though. It’s mostly nature rather than nurture that influences people.
Competition is competition, whether life or games. I just don't think we are all about cooperation and kinship. We are more complex than that and people are different in how they approach life, their philosophies, etc. Sounds like you are applying something from a history book about how people got together, created towns and so on. So okay. That's fine.
When we’re at our best we’re about cooperation — but often our environment pushes us away from that. There are always disagreements and healthy rivalry, of course.
The problem with capitalism is just in the name -- capital means money, and capitalism values that above all else. Above people, above workers, above making a good product, etc. The motive isn’t “the community motive” like in Confucianism, it’s “the profit motive.”
The thing is is that humans are not about competition. We’re all about cooperation and kinship. A greedy prehistoric human probably wouldn’t survive, and would be shunned by the group.
In nature, greedy monkeys are often rejected from groups. Meanwhile, humans are praising people like Zuckerberg and Bezos -- our greedy monkeys -- and putting them on magazine covers.
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I don't agree it is just in the name. It is as you said after that....capitalism values that above all else. I don't agree that humans are not about competition. Humans like a challenge...the reason we have games. What we need to be is smarter and more compassionate as individuals. Some are. Some aren't. The reason some people aren't so smart or compassionate...that's another topic...mental health, genes, education, abuse, lack responsibility, ethics, etc.
P.S. I probably should have said “right in the name” rather than “just in the name.” That was my bad.
I mean competitive in life. I’m not talking about in games, like Soccer or Baseball, or Capture the Flag — which are healthy competition and really fun.
I also agree that there are other factors with people being dispassionate — I would argue against genes being a factor though. It’s mostly nature rather than nurture that influences people.
Competition is competition, whether life or games. I just don't think we are all about cooperation and kinship. We are more complex than that and people are different in how they approach life, their philosophies, etc. Sounds like you are applying something from a history book about how people got together, created towns and so on. So okay. That's fine.
When we’re at our best we’re about cooperation — but often our environment pushes us away from that. There are always disagreements and healthy rivalry, of course.