It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.
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The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.
Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction.
Communal well-being is central to human life.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
I'm really puzzled by why people in societies find it difficult to work collaboratively together with other people in societies.
I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged.
When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of workers must endure hardship, they will naturally not be able to live together in peace and harmony.
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