Machiavelli and the Veil of Ignorance

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/649

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Dadifer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 28d (1 reply)

I mean, we can plan...

neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 28d

Absolutely, societies evolve defenses against their most selfish elements or they die and are replaced. So Id argue that like any evolutionary process, there a lot of waste and struggle and the results are suboptimal but mostly ok. Not a reason to give in to corruption or evil.