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Old 11-18-2024, 11:33 PM   #1816
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Originally Posted by Monahammer View Post
It seems like a death spiral. Altruism is not rewarded, and selfishness is not punished. As a consequence, selfish people perform better in aggregate than altruistic people. The younger generations react to this (slowly but surely) by emulating the most successful.

That's my take on the current situation. No idea how to fix it at all.
The guillotine is a tried and tested solution to excessive greed.

Or, you know, more aggressively progressive taxation.
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