Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "William C. Fox" channel.

  1.  @heartminer5487  That's true, but if self-interest is based on avoiding something for as long as possible, then it does contradict greater good. For example, let's say a village uses a fishing pond. If everyone only catches 2 fish, everyone in the village can keep using the pond, because the fish have time to reproduce, and provide everyone with a new generation of fish. But if everyone starts catching 3 fish (short-term), there will be less and less fish to reproduce until there are zero fish left (long-term). Everyone is self-interested, and everyone loses the the greater good. Similarly, if the social credit system isn't as good as the Chinese think it will be (at the moment); a person can be self-interested, and just wait until he makes a mistake or unknowingly does something that gets him in trouble. Then he realizes the system needs to be removed. Or, everyone can act for the greater good, and protest as soon as other people have their score unjustly lowered.
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  2. Wait, what? That last part of (presumably) his argument is the opposite of thinking about others! He's just thinking of the benefit to himself! Have you brought this up with him?
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