• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    17 hours ago

    No there’s still selfishness. They don’t consider how much short term suffering affects other people. If that person owns their home, has savings, can brace for not having a job for a while that’s great. But it’s pretty blase to say that they’ll be fine while they disregard everyone else who isn’t set up as well

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      17 hours ago

      You can ignore a lot of things if you think its for the greater good

      Also, being selfish and not thinking through all consequences is not the same thing

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        17 hours ago

        Yes but the selfishness lies in how he claims he will be fine, without regard for others. Selfish. He isn’t either selfish or ignorant, he is both.

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          They are saying that they would be fine in the context of being a part of the people that would suffer. They might have not considered that there are people in worse situations