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Society's Stinky Parts's avatar

Contest creates rivalry, by design. It's an institution best abolished as a source of useless waste, rather than celebrated as a sacred and infallible divination ritual.

The ungovernable are often more persuadable and less petulant than the propaganda makes them out to be; just you can't buy them from a distance.

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Marquis's avatar

The more people we have the greater number of them will fail in competition, by mere odds. That by percentage most will not succeed, hence niches in business where they try to avoid over saturation of the market. People logically try to do the same, but we are limited by our resources which the vast majority have relatively little. Competitive rivalry really is something that exploits humanity, most westerners often seem to say they are the hardest working, most intelligent, etc, no matter their social standing or education due to propaganda being effective. Businesses focus on the needs of the customer or exploiting their wants making them feel important. Once we value each other more we might cooperate more...might.

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