Reply #37: Now that is funny!

[Spike89]

You posit a pretty utopian world where there is no competition (obviously no shortages or limited resources at all) then mock a response that suggests that there are rules to keep competition from becoming predatory--nice!

The reality is that there will always be competition as long as there are limited resources. If there is enough food for your child or mine, I'm not going to cooperate to the point where both starve. There are rules, and sure, they aren't always followed, many are rigged but the world is not in total anarchy either.

That competition can become predatory and counter-productive is obviously true, but that is not the same as saying all competition is negative. Knives can cut your fingers off, but they can be quite useful sometimes too. Aside from the inevitability of competition in a system with want/need, there are benefits for creatures within a social framework.

Claiming the best of humanity can always be accessed simply by everyone just willing it so is pretty unrealistic. It only takes one person to decide to compete and both are now competing, whether the "non-competitor" admits it or not.