Comments by "PeterC" (@peterc4082) on "TIKhistory" channel.

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  40.  @Lilliathi  Yes we are an animal in the biological sense but we differentiate people from (other) animals and we don't have to be pedantic about it. I don't know if instinct will be there in the background - there is wide breadth of human behaviour and I'm not sure I buy that instinct is ALWAYS there. Maybe it rears its head in times of stress but I'm not sure it's always in the background. And if it is always in the background the way that biological functions are always there - eg the need to eat and drink, it makes any real difference to what TIK is saying. Saying that untaught people maybe will revert to instinctive behaviour does not negate the rational nature of Homo sapiens. Where does this learned behaviour come from, somehow the first people acquired it. And yes even animals need socialising skills, eg monkeys removed from their mothers do worse in social settings. But mankind is so much more. Going with the flow will be easier for instinctive and for fully rational creatures. It's just easier. Economies always follow. If you can earn the same money working less hard, chances are you'll do that. So I'm not sure how this is an issue. It seems totally irrelevant a point. I don't know if capitalism uses human competitive instincts. Some people are competitive, others aren't. Also not sure if competitiveness here isn't acquired through learned behaviour. Also not all capitalism is competitive. Just working hard and/or smart can get you enough to survive and have enough to spend on your hobbies or family. Not everyone is a workaholic and not everyone is greedy and not everyone cares about political ideologies, at least explicitly.
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