Man is naturally greed. Capitalism evolved to normalize greed and with it, man might eventually end up self-destructing himself. The ecological niche of fishes is distinct and their overexploitation will definitely disrupt ecosystem's equilibrium, creating an ecological imbalance that can affect man significantly. I can go on and on.
RE: Global Fishing and the Tragedy of the Commons
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humans are naturally greedy in some ways, but not all of it comes out through money. People are greedy for friendship, and for the chance to relax, yet those are often not ever close to being fulfilled.
This society literally forces this "greed" onto people in the form of survival and social pressures.
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I can't agree less. Greed transcends just monetary or material thing. There is greed for power, greed to influence others etc.
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and I wouldn't say any of them are necessarily bad. The problem is how we use capitalism to structure it
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"Man is naturally greedy". This is a meaningless statement that people throw without a second thought. What does natural greediness even mean? Greediness embedded in the genes? More likely the economic system forces humans to be greedy. Humans are naturally greedy is like saying coal miners are naturally born with lung cancer.
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The statement in itself is just a figure of speech. It does not have to be in a bad way only and has nothing to do with the gene. I think every man is greedy by default and the environment plays a huge role in shaping our orientation to life
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There isn't any default human nature. It is dynamic and changes accordingly to our material conditions.
"To look at people in capitalist society and conclude that human nature is egoism, is like looking at people in a factory where pollution is destroying their lungs and saying that it is human nature to cough." - Andrew Collier, Marx: A Beginner’s Guide
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