Originally Posted by Jikanu
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Finally, something we can agree on.
The idea that selfishness can help the whole has been proven wrong time and time again. Feudal system, Stock market, Reaganomics, capitalism, etc.
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You've got it a bit wrong. The feudal system wasn't based on rational self interest. The king was king because he was supposedly chosen by god, which in itself is a contradiction of reason. Capitalism works very well actually, when the people who are at the top actually know what they are doing and aren't just going for a quick buck at the expense of multimillion dollar companies. Much better than the Socialist or Communist regimes of old (Stalin, Hitler, Monarchies, etc). No system is completely perfect, but to say that its wrong simply because of it not being perfect isn't accurate either.