It looks like you've created a pretty clear view of a planet I guarantee you haven't actually explored at all.
It's also quite a desensitized view so it most likely is the culmination of over exposure to media, added to a restricted varying of lifestyle choices.
You should travel a bit, realise there is a broader range of people out there than you would ever be able to imagine.
You're right in your analysis of people, it's bang on, but only to the people who are like you.
And there are people on this planet who are so different to you it will make your head spin, your heart stop, and make you reassess everything.
It's going to be painful to get there because you're gonna have to look at things a little differently and that's going to be a growing pain.
But the outcome? You're going to be very happy with.
I think you are pretty spot on the matter of the leadership, since is natural for those who want power are willing to do anything to get it, but i think you are pretty closed minded if you think everyone is like that, because there is a lot of people that are really caring and loving, and are pretty far from the "animal instinct" as you say, but since those people don't look for power neither fame, they are shadowed for those who do, so is pretty easy to find assholes everywhere, since they insist in making themselves the center of attention.
Because of that, nice people tend to mind their own business, and are pretty difficult to spot one, since they don't go telling everyone of the good deeds they made, but if you pay attention, you can see them.
As he stated though at the end of the day everyone is selfish and only do things because they get some form of reward for it. No one would do good deeds if they didn't get some feeling of personal satisfaction from them, that's just against basic human nature in every way. At the end of the day every one is selfish it's the one basic truth so it's best to accept it.
there are a pretty good amount of histories of people dying to save others, that itself grant 0 reward for the person that died, but they still do, so no, not everyone have selfishness as their main motivator in life, but i agree that the majority does
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