• Graylitic@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Did you actually read their comment? Everyone wants to improve their own material conditions, but the specific idea that everyone wants to do so at the expense of others is wrong.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      It’s also been shown to be true of society as a whole time immaterial. In disaster scenarios, it’s not madness and chaos, it’s everyone in the vicinity working together to save as many people as possible.

      Hell, in a lot of countries that are far more agrarian that commercial, you see much, much stronger communities.