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You Can't Have Cutthroat Competition When There's No One Stopping You From Actually Cutting Each Other's Throats. In Order To Build Up Trust We Also Have To Think About Each Other's Needs And It Creates An Entirely Different Dynamic.

It's True That Most American Citizens Think Of Themselves As Living In A Democratic Country. But When Was The Last Time That Any Americans Actually Sat Down And Came To A Collective Decision? Maybe If They Are Ordering Pizzas, But Basically Never.

Aristotle [would] Probably Conclude Most Americans, For All Intents And Purposes, Are Slaves.

Adam Smith Actually Took All His Best Ideas And Lines From Sources From Medieval Persia. But One Thing He Doesn't Take Is The Underlying Assumption They Have That The Basis Of A Market Is Mutual Aid.

If Your Father Is An Air-conditioner Repairman From Nebraska, Its Conceivable That You Might Become A Ceo, But You Can't Imagine Being The Drama Critic For The New York Times. So If You Come From A Background Like That And You Want To Actually Have A Career Which Involves Doing Something Noble In The World, What Can You Do? You Can Join The Army. That's About It. Or You Can Work For The Church. That Explains A Lot Of The Focus Of Right-wing Populism. The Right Wing Figured That Out, That People Want Enough To Survive And To Do Good.