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 Originally Posted by CoccoBill
That's very Ayn Randian of you MMM. Sure, we're talking about word definitions, and if you want to describe all selfishness as positive or neutral, go ahead, but that is not the common definition.
I'm not taking a strictly Randian position.
I am NOT describing all selfishness as positive or neutral. Seriously read my position, 'cause neither of those is it.
My position is that selfishness is equivalent to identity, and that all things, not just the positive or neutral, are rooted in ultimately selfish reasons and decisions.
If anything, my position is that the common usage is openly evil, in that it attempts to vilify people for something that it is literally impossible to avoid. It plays into a culture of shaming and obedience, based on BS. It is a language of virtue-signalling.
The Randian position is no different, just a 180 on the virtue it praises.
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