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Capitalism is the root of evil (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] culprit@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Science shows that humans as a species have been able to develop and thrive due to cooperative pro social instincts. This has been proven in studies of children. Our greed driven society beats this inherent impulse out of people to 'prepare them'.

[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, cooperation is clearly an evolutionary trait also, and seems like a much more useful one than greed. It seems that socities need a bit of both to thrive, or do you have examples of known societies that worked primarily on co-operation, even for the leaders?