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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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Fwiw this is rational behavior provided it does not jeopardize the source of said value.
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It necessarily jeopardizes the source of value, though. Cooperation and building a strong social contract with collective responsibility are rational endeavors; it's what makes advanced civilization possible. It's precisely the lack of strict, widespread "rational self-interest" that makes life bearable.
That's why I find it so ironic when Reagan conservatives love calling other people "takers". Their Ayn Rand ideology is literally parasitic.