• very_poggers_gay [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Yup. I think the ideas that people are wired to selfishness and competition, and/or paradoxically, are solely motivated by material gains and profit, is complete bullshit. I don’t think you can tell any reliable story about “human nature”, when >80% of social science research comes from neoliberal states and their institutions in the last 40 years…

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      The original “game theory” social experiments in the 20th century had to be repeated over and over again until the ghouls running them got the results they wanted.