Communism is putting a gun to peoples head and saying "you're going to sacrifice your work and time for someone else" you don't get a say in it

which is why i reject your altruism position Revolver

the ultimate altruistic act is to commit suicide.

The welfare state started with altruistic views, people agreed to help others until they could get back on their feet and then they were cut off, now; that's not the case. People are forced to have their taxes pay for people that sit on welfare their whole lives. So people aren't doing it because they feel charitable, they are being forced to, which takes away the altruistic nature of it.

I don't fancy becoming selfish or short-sighted. Or dependant on a rug that can be pulled out from underneath of me.

it is to give up your life.

Allowing others to go against your morals can be altruistic so that makes no sense

and there is such a thing as learned helplessness and it can start as early as the age of 2

O_Castitas, you rock 😛

no, its the other way around, taking the charitable nature away **increases** the altruistic nature of welfare.

because it becomes more dutiful

There is a difference between helping and having a person rely on something

but that is my view on it, Altruism is self-sacrifice for others, the best way to do it would be to teach people to be independent so they can be strong in times that need strength

and it means that you value your sacrifice less.

but that isn't altruism!!!

Anyhow, as much as i love arguing endlessly and repeating the same talking points, its 2:20 at night for me on a Tuesday 😛 i need some sleep

no, it doesn't the definition of the word is someone who willingly gives to another at a cost of some sort to them, for the benefit of the person they are helping

teaching people to be self reliant is teaching them to live for themselves i.e. selfishness

no, the definition has been altered. Kant defines altruism as **dutiful sacrifice**.

that is the definition of Altruism, to take away the act of doing so willingly takes away the altruistic nature of it

I don't see how its selfish to teach a person to survive without the help from someone else's good grace

Holodomor is a prime example of that

Altruism = selflessness "self" not "other"lessness

the key word is duty.

then it is the duty of the population to teach others to survive

what about cavemen and fire

no it isn't

its the duty of man to learn to live for themselves.

one person had to learn it, had peopel surrounding his fire, so it taught thme to do it so that they would leave his cave, what of that then

Isn't that how we survive and thrive, though, by passing down knowledge we've learned?

how is teaching a sacrifice?

people can't live for themselves if they're dependant on a force that can take it away from them arbitrarily

you mean if they don't have rights.

which was my original point.

we need Ayn Rand.

it's like achild and learning to read, if you constantly come to the childs aid and read it to them, they will learn that you will do it for them, and then they don't bother learning, so when that child goes to school, suddenly they can't do anything at school, they can't read and thne it effects if they can write or not

altruism
ˈaltruːɪz(ə)m/
noun
noun: altruism

disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

duty

dutiful sacrifice.

no it's not

Self-imposed duty and enforced-upon duty are two different things.

that is the person willingly doing it, it's not dutiful sacrifice