everyone on the lower rungs of society being obedient, and a fascist directly benefitting from taking control of a country… are seen as altruism? truly wild!
personally, i’d prefer an alignment chart that sticks to “altruistic” versus “self-interested”, since this shows how skewed it can get when people are convinced that horrible things they’re doing are for the greater good 😬
Not altruistic in terms of trying to benefit everyone; altruistic in terms of expecting people to unselfishly serve the nation. This is the ideology, not the reality obviously.
everyone on the lower rungs of society being obedient, and a fascist directly benefitting from taking control of a country… are seen as altruism? truly wild!
personally, i’d prefer an alignment chart that sticks to “altruistic” versus “self-interested”, since this shows how skewed it can get when people are convinced that horrible things they’re doing are for the greater good 😬
Not altruistic in terms of trying to benefit everyone; altruistic in terms of expecting people to unselfishly serve the nation. This is the ideology, not the reality obviously.
That’s not altruism and shouldn’t be defined as such. It’s nationalism and is ultimately a selfish view.
Again, not claiming fascists are altruistic. Their ideology assumes people in general are not self-interested.
See my other reply re: espoused theory vs theory-in-action.