Hasn't greed, selfishness, and disconnection from humanity destroyed the society and infrastructure of the U.S.?

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Yes, it destroys ANY group of people

No, it is from other values

It is more surface than an individual problem

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This was asked by one of my professors and I was thiking about this. What do you think?

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EugenieLaBorgia · F Best Comment

It is not just in the U.S., Pirate!

Graylight · 51-55, F

Absolutely. There was a study done years ago concerning a community of wild monkeys. They worked together cohesively to care, feed, groom and otherwise take care of each other, the reasoning being that the survival and well-being of one helped ensure the survival and well-being of all.

But as tourists began to arrive and discovered the troop, they began to feed them and hunting as no longer an imperative. Suddenly there was enough for everyone and then some. So essentially, they didn't have to work as a group in order to survive. This led to more frequent fights, alienation, hoarding of food, refusal to communally feed and division into factions. What researchers were witnessing was a breakdown of a society resulting from greed, selfishness and the extravagance of being able to disconnect from one's neighbors.

Humans are no different. Using indexes of happiness, many times the poorest communities measure the highest rates of life satisfaction. Some think it's because so little time is spent seeking, attaining and using luxury. It comes down to the old adage, the simplest things in life are free.

Until we relearn how to care for our fellow man (humanity) because we depend on him for our own wellbeing and that of the community as a whole (greater good), we'll continue to disintegrate at a core level (societal infrastructure). Greed and selfishness are barriers to that basic decency.

SW-User

@Graylight you know, I don't think I tell you this enough, but I appreciate your responses and the time it takes and the MEANING behind it. You spend a lot of time to articulate and really bring a point across elegantly, eloquently, and with grace. May we differ in views or not, know that I appreciate all of your responses and how you really explaim these things to help teach ME when you don't have to. Your responses are all great reads :)

Graylight · 51-55, F

@SW-User That's the nicest thing I've heard all day. Thank you. And so you know, I wouldn't take the time unless the post was interesting or relevant in the first place.

SW-User

@Graylight stay cool :)
And thanks

lovelywarpedlemon

All kkindssss of disconnection!!!!!!!!!!! Where are you studying? Your prof. might save-me-into finally finishing my college degree.

SW-User

@lovelywarpedlemon I am not studying the topic, but it was a question on my class of ethical computer standards and policies. We spoke and wrote many articles that revolved around legislation and current problems in the computers world .-.

Can't believe it was simply greed :v

lovelywarpedlemon

@SW-User greed, selfishness, and disconnection ... Is kinda what our country was founded on. But it's a global issue, and far too complex to cover in just a few words.

Elegy · 46-50

Humanity will re-calibrate. It always does.

SW-User

@Elegy I hope so

Elegy · 46-50

@SW-User There has been a major shift in how we receive and send out information. It will be used well and poorly like any other equivalent. This is but a blink of an eye in the history of mankind. I assure you we'll be fine... assuming we survive it.

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