RE: The silly "SELFISH" label
August 21, 2012 at 3:37 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2012 at 3:39 pm by Ciel_Rouge.)
Hello kılıç_mehmet, I was rather referring to more a personal context like:
"- Hey you, give me your candy!
- No.
- Oh, you are so SELFISH"
The person who is really "selfish" here is actually the one who wants to take away the candy.
How does society really provide us with anything or how do we give something in return? Society only aims at controlling individuals and enslaving them to do the most mundane work. Actually the individuals who somehow manage to escape this and grow to be someone more capable are the ones who really contribute to the well being of the society as a whole.
For example, Einstein remaining at his post as a clerk at the patent office would have been a good slave perhaps but as a pioneer in physics had actually much more impact and massively contributed to the progress of science. Had he not been so "selfish" to follow his own interest, we would not have his theory of relativity.
Of course there are always those meatbags who do absolutely nothing and expect to receive and be supplied with everything, but that's a different story. I am speaking about destroying one's ability of self-growth and self-enhancement and about exploitation of individuals by society by means of the simple trick of attaching the "selfish" label to those who dare to care for themselves.
"- Hey you, give me your candy!
- No.
- Oh, you are so SELFISH"
The person who is really "selfish" here is actually the one who wants to take away the candy.
How does society really provide us with anything or how do we give something in return? Society only aims at controlling individuals and enslaving them to do the most mundane work. Actually the individuals who somehow manage to escape this and grow to be someone more capable are the ones who really contribute to the well being of the society as a whole.
For example, Einstein remaining at his post as a clerk at the patent office would have been a good slave perhaps but as a pioneer in physics had actually much more impact and massively contributed to the progress of science. Had he not been so "selfish" to follow his own interest, we would not have his theory of relativity.
Of course there are always those meatbags who do absolutely nothing and expect to receive and be supplied with everything, but that's a different story. I am speaking about destroying one's ability of self-growth and self-enhancement and about exploitation of individuals by society by means of the simple trick of attaching the "selfish" label to those who dare to care for themselves.
