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The calculated exploitation of altruistic language, sentiment, and moral frameworks, to advance self-serving, manipulative or destructive agendas, while claiming to serve the greater good.
The calculated exploitation of altruistic language, sentiment, and moral frameworks, to advance self-serving, manipulative or destructive agendas, while claiming to serve the greater good.
"Diversity is our strength" is a perfect example of malicious altruism being used to convince a group of people that demographic replacement is a good thing.
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ˈsō-shəl ˈal-trü-ˌi-zəm
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1. A badass ideology born in the streets of Wallace Emerson, Toronto, that says society should be run by people who actually give a damn—but not in the soft, fake-smile way.
2. The belief that only those who serve, sacrifice, and build deserve a say; that true citizenship is earned, not handed out like participation trophies.
3. A middle finger to both greedy capitalists and virtue-signaling liberals. Think Spartan discipline meets working-class solidarity—with just enough fire to light a revolution.
ˈsō-shəl ˈal-trü-ˌi-zəm
(noun)
1. A badass ideology born in the streets of Wallace Emerson, Toronto, that says society should be run by people who actually give a damn—but not in the soft, fake-smile way.
2. The belief that only those who serve, sacrifice, and build deserve a say; that true citizenship is earned, not handed out like participation trophies.
3. A middle finger to both greedy capitalists and virtue-signaling liberals. Think Spartan discipline meets working-class solidarity—with just enough fire to light a revolution.
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Selective altruism is essentially when someone imprints on one to very few people, and ends up being aggressive to anyone else.
Person 1 “would you stop being such a selective altruist?” Selective altruism at work
Person 2, actively ready to swing at person 1 for making a crude joke about person 2’s chosen human being. “I’ll make your insides your outsides.”
Person 2, actively ready to swing at person 1 for making a crude joke about person 2’s chosen human being. “I’ll make your insides your outsides.”
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Green beard altruism, while theoretically possible, is rarely observed in nature due to the complex requirements of a single gene controlling the signal, recognition, and altruistic behavior.
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Hym "Seriously! I've cite Ayn Rand's criticism of altruism so many time it's in my predictive text! That's what makes it something-something non-sequitur guys! Try literally anything other than Uno Reverse and Something-Something Non-sequitur ONE TIME! It's a literal coin toss."
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