Ego v. Philanthropy
It occurred to me this evening that a majority of socialist positions can be explained by ego rather than philanthropy.
People, particularly the "we are all winners" generation, view the world through the eyes of "I am a uniquely great, contributing individual". Therefore, the only reason I am not succeeding (other than being athletically awesome or aesthetically beautiful) is the unfair competition from others (the lucky few).
I am not succeeding, and I am awesome; therefore, someone is gaming the system, and we need to fix this. Hillary, Barack, Nancy, Harry, how do we fix this inequity?
Is this a position the real leaders can take? Does it hold some truth?
People, particularly the "we are all winners" generation, view the world through the eyes of "I am a uniquely great, contributing individual". Therefore, the only reason I am not succeeding (other than being athletically awesome or aesthetically beautiful) is the unfair competition from others (the lucky few).
I am not succeeding, and I am awesome; therefore, someone is gaming the system, and we need to fix this. Hillary, Barack, Nancy, Harry, how do we fix this inequity?
Is this a position the real leaders can take? Does it hold some truth?
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- 1Posted by edweaver 8 years, 4 months agoI would guess it is partially ego and the other part that they have always had someone else running their life. From birth to adulthood they have had helicopter parents running every single thing they do. Once they become adults, (usually later in life) this is all they know. And of course they have been told they do a great job at everything, even if someone else did it for them and you end up with people that truly believe everyone needs to be told when & how to do everything. And they have just the ego to think it is their job. Maybe I just said the same thing as you did in a different way.:)| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 4 months agoI'll have to consider your approach as well. I was less on the thinking it is their turn to make the rules, and more on and excuse for why they are not rich, so it must be some unfair element of the system, as opposed to their own shortcoming.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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