Originally Posted by latinasojourn

unfortunately that is not true, and has not been true for the last few million years.

and it will never be true in a philosophical sense. and does not work in a practical sense.

advances in civilization occur because SOME humans made an effort.

and in a perfect world, these SOME people should have some moral propensity toward those less fortunate, but the less fortunate have no "right" to the benefit.

because IF everyone has the same "right" to a cultural benefit it will take away the incentive for SOME humans to excel, and all of society will suffer.

(a basic flaw of communism)

humans are, by nature motivated by greed and self benefit, not altruism.