Is it actually fear though? Or just how competition works when you only have a limited amount of resources and everyone wants more of it? Fear implies irrationality. What you're describing seems pretty rational to me. Of course the US doesn't want another reserve currency. Of course Google doesn't want a competition. And that's just simple strategic thinking. They built empires and they want to hold onto them. Why are we even accepting the premise that this is fear based? Could equally be about information asymmetry or network topology or a dozen other things that have nothing to do with emotion. You don't become a trillion dollar company by being nice. You get there by killing threats, buying out competitors before they get bigger, creating moats around your business that nobody can ride. Yes, even rich people feel as though they don't have enough. But why? It's not because they're broken on their own individually and fearful or need therapy. It's because wealth is relative and the game is literally never over. There's always someone richer, always another market to be tapped into, always more growth coming next quarter. The treadmill doesn't stop. Calling this fear means that we could correct it with mindset changes or individual change. We can't. This is pre-programmed into corporate legislation; it is programmed into the way international trade operates; it is programmed into the obligations of shareholder.
Is it actually fear though? Or just how competition works when you only have a limited amount of resources and everyone wants more of it? Fear implies irrationality. What you're describing seems pretty rational to me. Of course the US doesn't want another reserve currency. Of course Google doesn't want a competition. And that's just simple strategic thinking. They built empires and they want to hold onto them. Why are we even accepting the premise that this is fear based? Could equally be about information asymmetry or network topology or a dozen other things that have nothing to do with emotion. You don't become a trillion dollar company by being nice. You get there by killing threats, buying out competitors before they get bigger, creating moats around your business that nobody can ride. Yes, even rich people feel as though they don't have enough. But why? It's not because they're broken on their own individually and fearful or need therapy. It's because wealth is relative and the game is literally never over. There's always someone richer, always another market to be tapped into, always more growth coming next quarter. The treadmill doesn't stop. Calling this fear means that we could correct it with mindset changes or individual change. We can't. This is pre-programmed into corporate legislation; it is programmed into the way international trade operates; it is programmed into the obligations of shareholder.

Is it actually fear though? Or just how competition works when you only have a limited amount of resources and everyone wants more of it? Fear implies irrationality. What you're describing seems pretty rational to me. Of course the US doesn't want another reserve currency. Of course Google doesn't want a competition. And that's just simple strategic thinking. They built empires and they want to hold onto them. Why are we even accepting the premise that this is fear based? Could equally be about information asymmetry or network topology or a dozen other things that have nothing to do with emotion. You don't become a trillion dollar company by being nice. You get there by killing threats, buying out competitors before they get bigger, creating moats around your business that nobody can ride. Yes, even rich people feel as though they don't have enough. But why? It's not because they're broken on their own individually and fearful or need therapy. It's because wealth is relative and the game is literally never over. There's always someone richer, always another market to be tapped into, always more growth coming next quarter. The treadmill doesn't stop. Calling this fear means that we could correct it with mindset changes or individual change. We can't. This is pre-programmed into corporate legislation; it is programmed into the way international trade operates; it is programmed into the obligations of shareholder.

Is it actually fear though? Or just how competition works when you only have a limited amount of resources and everyone wants more of it? Fear implies irrationality. What you're describing seems pretty rational to me. Of course the US doesn't want another reserve currency. Of course Google doesn't want a competition. And that's just simple strategic thinking. They built empires and they want to hold onto them. Why are we even accepting the premise that this is fear based? Could equally be about information asymmetry or network topology or a dozen other things that have nothing to do with emotion. You don't become a trillion dollar company by being nice. You get there by killing threats, buying out competitors before they get bigger, creating moats around your business that nobody can ride. Yes, even rich people feel as though they don't have enough. But why? It's not because they're broken on their own individually and fearful or need therapy. It's because wealth is relative and the game is literally never over. There's always someone richer, always another market to be tapped into, always more growth coming next quarter. The treadmill doesn't stop. Calling this fear means that we could correct it with mindset changes or individual change. We can't. This is pre-programmed into corporate legislation; it is programmed into the way international trade operates; it is programmed into the obligations of shareholder.