From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   oldernow  writes:   
      
   > On 2024-08-08, D  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> True. The only system ever discovered that turns egoism   
   >>>> into benefits for everyone! =)   
   >>>   
   >>> Those benefits tend to be outpaced by the anti-benefits   
   >>> of egoism.   
   >>   
   >> Oh yes, because what we have today are markets controlled   
   >> to a large extent by politics. Politics is basically a   
   >> zero sum game, beacuse politics never produces anything,   
   >> it just steals and divide the spoils.   
   >>   
   >> Eliminate politics, leave the market in peace, and there   
   >> will be peace.  Politics is basically the arena, or perhaps   
   >> better, the circus, of the ego.   
   >   
   > Politics is an emergent property of egos interacting,   
   > ego thus obviously more fundamental/root in a cause/effect   
   > sense.   
   >   
   > Eliminating politics merely eliminates leaves, which simply   
   > grow back unless/until the root is eliminated.   
      
   Why did the ego come into existence in the first place?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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