Listen to this article: Capitalism is a misanthropic, dystopian religion. By "capitalism" I mean this or any other possible system wherein mass-scale human behavior is driven by the pursuit of capital. By "religion" I mean organized collective faith-based belief system.
There are also plenty of people indoctrinated into believing that all altruism is beneficial to themselves, the target of the altruism, and/or society at large. That is simply not true.
The truth isn't binary, selfishness or altruism, your truth or my truth. The real problem is people forcing other people to do things against their will. This is the root of most evil.
The modern reality is that we have created a societal structure that has had the effect of expanding the numbers of people that both need altruism for reasons they themselves could have avoided and the numbers of people willing to be complete selfish assholes because not only are they not punished for their actions by a proper system of law (see Tether or media), but they get bailed-out (see the banks, etc.).
Bleeding hearts and masters of the universe are both capable of significant societal decay, witness the US, 1950-present.
Competition is good, so is self-sacrifice. Neither is something to do 100% of your time.
The MSM (the Guardian) apparently did not like the fact that they were Tongan and so buried that fact until the 7th paragraph revisiting a summary of Golding's book, so it is easy to see why one might be misled.
I agree that to implement change, people have to understand that "money is not real". Ellen Brown provides the best explanation of this fact. http://www.webofdebt.com
Wow! Caitlin, thanks so much for the story of the Tonga boys of 'Ata! I have long said that the primary instinct of humans is cooperation, as anybody honestly reflecting on their drive along a 2-way highway must recognize. This story is validation for me. Even war perversely utilizes that cooperative instinct as in a "Band of Brothers."
There are also plenty of people indoctrinated into believing that all altruism is beneficial to themselves, the target of the altruism, and/or society at large. That is simply not true.
The truth isn't binary, selfishness or altruism, your truth or my truth. The real problem is people forcing other people to do things against their will. This is the root of most evil.
The modern reality is that we have created a societal structure that has had the effect of expanding the numbers of people that both need altruism for reasons they themselves could have avoided and the numbers of people willing to be complete selfish assholes because not only are they not punished for their actions by a proper system of law (see Tether or media), but they get bailed-out (see the banks, etc.).
Bleeding hearts and masters of the universe are both capable of significant societal decay, witness the US, 1950-present.
Competition is good, so is self-sacrifice. Neither is something to do 100% of your time.
They weren't "British Schoolboys", they were Tongans, 13 to 16 so not exactly as helpless as the children depicted in the movie.
How six Tongan schoolboys were stranded on a remote island for 15 MONTHS - and why it didn't turn out like Lord of the Flies: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8309561/Six-Tongan-schoolboys-stranded-island-15-months-real-Lord-Flies.html
The MSM (the Guardian) apparently did not like the fact that they were Tongan and so buried that fact until the 7th paragraph revisiting a summary of Golding's book, so it is easy to see why one might be misled.
I agree that to implement change, people have to understand that "money is not real". Ellen Brown provides the best explanation of this fact. http://www.webofdebt.com
Wow! Caitlin, thanks so much for the story of the Tonga boys of 'Ata! I have long said that the primary instinct of humans is cooperation, as anybody honestly reflecting on their drive along a 2-way highway must recognize. This story is validation for me. Even war perversely utilizes that cooperative instinct as in a "Band of Brothers."