Dilbert_X wrote:
Actually they aren't, there are still a few idealists and you definitely aren't one.
Oh aye? They gain nothing from their idealism? They don't perhaps gain a sense of moral superiority that they can then wield as a cudgel in every conversation? Not all self interest has to do with money. In fact, I would argue that people who are interested in money are the lesser of the two evils, because at least they're honest with themselves and the world, and their motives are not necessarily linked to malice. I am, in fact, motivated by more than money, but you disprove of my motivations and thus dismiss them out of hand because they, necessarily, would undermine your own. You are a misanthrope that would force people to live and think as he does, if granted the power. Granted, your vision for the world might indeed be nicer and more egalitarian than the one that currently exists, but it is still dependent on your own use of force to gain it. How is that moral? How is that beneficial to the ones that are crushed along the way? You are purely driven by ego.