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Recommended Readings:

  • The Philosophy of Social Ecology by Murray Bookchin.
  • Mutual Aid by Pyotr Kropotkin.
  • The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin (fiction)
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[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They do have a profit insentive though. It's just not a monetary one

[-] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

This is correct, phosphorus and nitrogen is exchanged for carbohydrates. Mutually beneficial symbiosis.

[-] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago

Iโ€™m all about enlightened self-interest.

Like, altruism is rad and all, but some people are only ever going to be helpful if they stand to gain something, and itโ€™s best we remind them of what they stand to gain at every opportunity.

[-] BluesF@feddit.uk 16 points 10 months ago

Altruism is not without reward, even if it seems like it is. No one acts selflessly for no reason, they do so because they are rewarded by their body with dopamine and other "reward" hormones - i.e. because it feels good to do so.

[-] R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Ok Corduroy Jackson Jackson

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Dopamine is what drives humans.

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

This is often called externalities. I don't mind this argument, after all, leftism is based on Economics. Marx was an economist. And modern economics sweeps over this to propogandize students about adam smith and grt them to argue over modrrn neoliberal issues. However, we all stand to gain the farther left we go - the only of those who don't are the owner class who squeezes us dry.

[-] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Marx was an economist like Freud was a psychologist

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

some people are only ever going to be helpful if they stand to gain something,

Only if you believe the lies capitalism created and encourages in to fruition in order to exist and survive:
https://theconversation.com/humans-arent-inherently-selfish-were-actually-hardwired-to-work-together-144145

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Benefit โ‰  profit.

[-] alternative_factor@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago

Free thinker alert! Arrest these shrooms immediately!

[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 12 points 10 months ago

Are there any shrooms in the audience tonight? Put them up against the wall!

[-] beizhia@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Just read The Dispossessed last month. It's a good one for sure ๐Ÿ‘

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I read it a few months back and it is one of the best books I've ever read

[-] Fedethot@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Do you have the books on pdf or a link to a free access ?

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Yayayayayayayayayayy

[-] damnfinecoffee@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 1 points 10 months ago

Bookchin was kinda a butthead, but he was a smart butthead, and his books change my life every time I read one.

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