The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers (2018)

Re:The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers (2018) by aeoleonn on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:36AM (#27064835)

I think capitalism is simply the an economic system based on the psychological behavior of self-preservation-- which is exhibited in most if not all forms of life. It is a reliable behavior (in terms of staying alive) and an expected instinct (in terms of psychological evolution).

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Re:The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers (2018) by fao_ on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:42AM (#27064960)

I mean that's provably not the case as many creatures including humans are more collaborative than strictly selfish in nature, and there's a wealth of knowledge you can find about that by going to google scholar

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Re:The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers (2018) by aeoleonn on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:47AM (#27065031)

"self-preservation" includes social animals.

Some animals are social by nature, correct. Whether or not they have evolved to become social, being social increases their odds of survival, due to economic factors such as pooling of resources [1].

Without survival, there is no animal. Hence it is the basal need.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooling_(resource_management)

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Re:The AskHistorians subreddit banned Holocaust deniers (2018) by fao_ on Thursday May 06, 2021 @05:46PM (#27069421)

I don't think the OP was talking about anything other than survival of the fittest, which is the usual go-to defense of "capitalism is present in nature", and it does not tend to hold up. However they didn't actually go into much depth, so I guess you can read it however you want, though

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