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<blockquote data-quote="ARandomGod" data-source="post: 1865605" data-attributes="member: 17296">But that's actually my point, in it's whole. And it doesn't take a very bright person to figure the truth of that point out. Therefore, a truely selfish (ie self oriented) person would be to do what you've defined as the best behavior. It would be helping other out so that they would help you out later, to garner good will . It would be showing your hardness when appropriate. It would be, in general, doing things that will further your position. And that is, usually, doing things that either are, or are seen as, nice. It would be being firm where needed, and doing &quot;good&quot; works where needed, to help the greatest number of people (or at least most benificial people to you) ... in order to have the most effective cost/benifit ratio of people beholden or friendly to you.The Way of the Selfish Bastard really includes a lot of helping other people out. And it can be viewed as quite selfish indeed, if you're cynical in that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ARandomGod, post: 1865605, member: 17296"] But that's actually my point, in it's whole. And it doesn't take a very bright person to figure the truth of that point out. Therefore, a truely selfish (ie self oriented) person would be to do what you've defined as the best behavior. It would be helping other out [i] so that they would help you out later, to garner good will [/i]. It would be showing your hardness when appropriate. It would be, in general, doing things that will further your position. And that is, usually, doing things that either are, or are seen as, nice. It would be being firm where needed, and doing "good" works where needed, to help the greatest number of people (or at least most benificial people to you) ... [i] in order to have the most effective cost/benifit ratio[/i] of people beholden or friendly to you. The Way of the Selfish Bastard really includes a lot of helping other people out. And it can be viewed as quite selfish indeed, if you're cynical in that way. [/QUOTE]

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