Read: “We Are All Socialists in Our Private Lives”

> If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes. *Source: Nathalie Robin Justice Gravel on X*
We evolved *because* we cooperate, not despite it. So, how do we find ourselves stuck in a growth-based primarily capitalist economic system that doesn’t reflect not just human nature, but nature in general?

Source: “We Are All Socialists in Our Private Lives” – Erin Remblance

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