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Originally Posted by Giggleton
It would interesting to know if children exposed to an environment where ownership did not exist still came predisposed into the world with ideas of ownership.
What I mean is, abstract conceptions such as ownership or sharing most likely need to be imprinted onto our consciousness through repetition and do not come preloaded onto the genome.
We are at the core viral replications, the high level manifestation of reckless copying.
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Ever watched animals just out of the womb, fighting for a place at their mothers breasts? There is nothing to be imprinted, nothing to be learned, pure instinct -- they will defend their place (or they will die, or at least grow up to be weak and small). As you so aptly demonstrate, looking out for your own interest is "built-in". You are not really trying to share what is yours (may I suggest you go to work for free, that would be a selfless act) you want to share what belongs to someone else. You are doing it because of what you think is in it for you.