Message from @Cesare Anasazi
Discord ID: 607641002689167366
sometimes they do better than I do
Yes that's my point, you're acting selflessly in that moment, because acting selflessly ends up being the better option for you
no, I am not acting selflessly
I am helping them cause it will benefit me in the long run
and I am payed for helping them
............ I'm talking about you not stealing their thunder
there's some disconnect here my friend
Narcissists do that all the time, they take other people's credit and think they can just do that with no repercussions
I take no one's credit, I jst teach people how to do shit
If you were a narcissist, i.e. completely selfish, you'd steal people's thunder for a moment of glory
Yes that's my point, you're not a narcissist, you're not selfish
I am selfish
in fact I strive to be
Then you're intelligently selfish
Objectivsm is philosophy of rational self interest
Narcissists are constantly starved for self-validation because they're made out of pure egoism
You are clearly not, because you're able to show restraint
I understand what you saying but disagree on how you saying
in my opinion stealing something you didnt earn isnt selfish
Then what is it
Stealing is one of the best examples of selfishness
Or rather of a selfish action
No, stealing is allowing yourself to become a worthless parasite
Producing honestly is selfish
That's literally the same thing
we can call it "rational selfishness" then
A parasite is a creature that doesn't care about whether it destroys its host, it doesn't care how its host feels, it doesn't care about consent, or anything, it just takes, takes, takes
That's the purest example of a selfish being
but not caring about it is precisly not caring about yourself too
Huh?
it's selling your life for short-term interests
No that's about being smart or stupid
When parasite feasts without caring if he dies too he isnt being selfish
Selfishness is not about that, although smarter people behave less selfishly indeed
because truly selfish act would be *not* being a parasite
A parasite who dies because he sucked his host dry is just a stupid parasite
That doesn't make him any less selfish
You're talking about foresight, that's something else
Strategic choices