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> But in the real world, even the good guys might screw you if it ever turns into a situation of You Vs. Them.

Then I guess the "good guy" in your world is only a seemingly good guy (as PG may state it) in my world, since it would be at the core of my definition of a good guy to be fair even in a "you vs. them" situation.

> Ultimately, if having to choose between feeding my family or feeding yours, the choose is obvious even to nice guys.

It is rarely as easy as that. How about feeding your family involving you screwing me over vs feeding my family involving nobody screwing anyone?



Again, in a utopia you would be right, but in the real world, there are legitimate conflicts of interest, and times where its a question of who to screw not whether to or not.

Even the nicest guys when backed into a corner will kick into survival mode.

Like I said, sometimes being nice to one person is being cruel to another.




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