Altruism

   Not to be [1]confused with [2]autism.

   Altruism means striving for the wellbeing of others, actively performing
   [3]selfless actions. It is a purely good attitude which we, the [4]LRS,
   fully embrace. It's no surprise that under [5]capitalism, the rule of
   [6]evil, altruism is commonly met with hostility or, in the better case,
   with ridicule.

   Rightists often make an extremely funny reasoning error (probably on
   purpose) to justify their own [7]fascist behavior; they claim that
   "altruism doesn't exist" because "altruism still seeks to satisfy one's
   ego and is therefore self interest". Well, firstly this is either wrong,
   as [8]selflessness isn't defined by obtaining no reward but rather by
   acting in the interest of others without exploiting them, and secondly
   even if you define self interest conveniently in a way that makes your
   claim technically correct, it still completely misses the point! You can
   behave in a good or evil way, your definitions don't matter. No matter
   what words you use, you are just trying to excuse fascist behavior in a
   situation when you can choose to not behave like a fascist -- imagine
   someone shooting a child and justifying it like "well, I had to do it
   because I wanted that child's lollipop and I can't behave without self
   interest because I can't define selflessness".

Links:
1. often_confused.md
2. autism.md
3. selflessness.md
4. lrs.md
5. capitalism.md
6. evil.md
7. fascism.md
8. selflessness.md