• dogsoahC@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Both egoism and altruism are human nature. We are capable of both (for the most part). Currently, we have a socioeconomic system that rewards and encourages primarily the former. Why not try it the other way and see where that brings us?

    • SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      I wonder how well a system would work where you get more money, the more you help people/help solve problems (with problems i mean like pollution or something)

        • SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml
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          4 months ago

          It definitely would be nice if that were the case, but i think the best way to incentivice people is to reward them. Better yet make a competition out of it. Just gotta reward actions that benefit other people.

          Like let people be millionaire's but to get there they need to help like ten thousand people or something

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      I kind of fail to see how a life in which all my basic needs are secured as long as I agree for them to be secured for everyone else, thus freeing me from anxiously giving my life to the futile attempt to crawl above others, is "altruistic". Working your ass off for nothing but your crude survival and the benefit of a handful of others doesn't seem very selfish if you put it in this perspective.

      In any case, whatever is going on right now - it's... not good, to say the least. Wanting to fix the problem with the problem is horribly naive.

      Anyway, nice meme.