Recommended Readings:
- The Philosophy of Social Ecology by Murray Bookchin.
- Mutual Aid by Pyotr Kropotkin.
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin (fiction)
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I’m all about enlightened self-interest.
Like, altruism is rad and all, but some people are only ever going to be helpful if they stand to gain something, and it’s best we remind them of what they stand to gain at every opportunity.
Altruism is not without reward, even if it seems like it is. No one acts selflessly for no reason, they do so because they are rewarded by their body with dopamine and other "reward" hormones - i.e. because it feels good to do so.
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Dopamine is what drives humans.
This is often called externalities. I don't mind this argument, after all, leftism is based on Economics. Marx was an economist. And modern economics sweeps over this to propogandize students about adam smith and grt them to argue over modrrn neoliberal issues. However, we all stand to gain the farther left we go - the only of those who don't are the owner class who squeezes us dry.
Marx was an economist like Freud was a psychologist
Only if you believe the lies capitalism created and encourages in to fruition in order to exist and survive:
https://theconversation.com/humans-arent-inherently-selfish-were-actually-hardwired-to-work-together-144145