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Kasz216 said:

I'm using the word sin because it's a religious conversation.  Aside from which, what would be wrong if people lived to help others?  If that's what people lived to do, the world would be a much better place.

Of course, because people are selfish, it's not possible to live like that, hence why things like communism in general are bound to fail, but to suggest that it would be wrong to live that way... I can't see how.  (Well actually, that's the problem with communism, in the cases in which it would succeed, the predisposition of the people would make communism uneeded.)

To live completly for others is what i'd consider a perfect existensce... I can't see how it would be argued otherwise, if what we all wanted to do most was help each other, life would be much better.

Ironically you seem to be argueing for "enlightened selfishness."

Well, since humans are more like wolves then like ants, it's pretty obvious why Communism failed.

Helping others is important, to assure that society's stable (and because it feels nice ), or else conflicts will arise. Still, it's just not human nature to live to help others. If everyone tries to assure their own wellbeing, and of course help others get past situations that are beyond their possibility to solve, I'd say society will do pretty well.