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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9528732" data-attributes="member: 7025282">I think th dynamic was tension for most people in the real world is about self vs other.Some animals are lone hunters and are independent.  Social animals are different in many cases.While a lone human might survive, our developmental dependence is long.  And once established we hunt and survive together.To focus too much on my own needs at the expense of others (some people are predatory) much of the time is only effective long term if you go fromPlace to place, have few ties and rely on the establishment.Totally altruistic people are likely to do poorly if they don’t feed themselves too.  Most of us walk a middle path with more effort for self and “close others.”In a game with cosmic powers, maybe a little bit of ruthlessness is needed.  Perhaps folks can’t make and omelette without breaking a few eggs.Perhaps some neutrals are in fact needed to protect the herd and hold back chaos and evil?  And maybe if good if good is getting in the way of survival.</blockquote>