Comment on Profit over people is a failed system
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 days agoThat’s because you have empathy. Which makes you an exception, not the norm.
Comment on Profit over people is a failed system
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 days agoThat’s because you have empathy. Which makes you an exception, not the norm.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Some empathy is normal, but I don’t think my level of empathy is, and I’m certain that there isn’t enough for an anarchist society to exist at a scale larger than a few thousand people.
I think would rather enjoy living in an equitable society where everyone helps everyone else, and there is no property, but as soon as your society needs to have modern amenities (water, sanitation, electricity, roads, etc) setup or repaired, you’re going to involve a chain of people so large to support that infrastructure that your society will extend beyond it’s stable size.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Empathy among one’s in-group is certainly normal. Even hitler loved his dog. But empathy for one’s out-group is a rare exception. And it’s not altruism unless it encompasses one’s out-group.
I think your vision of a potential society seems nice. And that it would only be possible to establish and maintain to assure perpetuity if there is some formalized system of governance to define precisely how aid is rendered, how needs are met, and what the mutual rights and obligations of each member entail.