"In real life, the most fundamental principle is the rational man hypothesis, also known as the homo economicus hypothesis, or the maximization principle, the most basic premise in economics is generally called selfishness, that is, the goal is to maximize the interests of individuals."

"When participants in the market economy participate in production and exchange activities, the fundamental factor they consider is their own needs, not the interests of society and others."

"Operators are for profits, producers are for salaries, and consumers are for their own life, entertainment and learning."

"The success of such a market economy has nothing to do with good or evil, it is right, and modern development has proven all this. Simple logical reasoning can deduce the market economy from the hypothesis of rational people, and the success of the market economy also shows that this assumption is basically correct. ”

"The word selfishness has many meanings, and the neutral meaning mainly includes considering one's own needs and not acting out of the interests of others; Negative connotations include unscrupulous means to achieve one's own ends, deliberately harming others, and things that are against morality. “

"What I'm going to say is the neutral meaning."

"There is a saying that I think you all understand, the environment changes people."

"When the primitive tribes were in the past, food was always very scarce. At that time, our ancestors did not live mainly on cultivation and raising livestock as they do now. At that time, the main source of food was hunting and gathering. ”

"At that time, the number of people in a tribe was quite small, and the average life expectancy of people was only more than 30 years. So, in such a situation, the only way to survive is to distribute food evenly so that everyone can maintain basic energy. This is also known as sharing. ”

"However, there will always be people who want to eat a little more. The feeling of being hungry is unbearable, and you should know that. Especially if you hit your prey, you can get a little more meat, but you still can't eat enough. ”

"Why don't you stay a little secretly? Won't you be able to eat enough this way? But not in a group, why? for it will anger those who have not eaten enough, and they will join forces to punish you; The physical punishment is fine, but if exiled is basically equivalent to declaring the person dead. ”

"Over time, the equal distribution of food became a basic precept, a supreme law, which no one could violate. Moreover, I have been exposed to this behavior since I was a child, and I have become accustomed to it and think that it is a matter of course. ”

But this pattern of behavior requires two basic conditions, that is, the group must be small, and the individual is very dependent on others. The feelings of the small group are deep, they know each other well, and for the survival of the group is also equivalent to their own survival. ”

"I hope that you can learn the laws of this group among yourself, and any 'stealing' between you will be punished by others."

"But when you fit into the big group, you have to master your selfishness."

"For example, if you are asked to farm, the more you put your heart into it, the more you will reap. If at this time you have harvested thousands of catties of grain by your own efforts, some people have nothing to do all day and only receive dozens of catties of grain. ”

"At this time, this large group said that we should gather the food together and distribute it equally."

"Would you like to? Undoubtedly, of course I don't agree, but under the pressure of a large group, you have to do it if you don't want to die. What will you choose in the second year, I think you will basically choose to eat, drink, and sleep all day. No one is stupid, basking in the sun and sweating every day to grow food for others to eat. And then what? ”

"Starve to death in a big area!"

"It's good to know how to share, but there is also a difference between foolish sharing and selfish sharing. A generous person works hard to plant for a year, and then feeds everyone, but when the requirement of being full is met, people will give birth to other thoughts, which is called full and warm...... Well, forget it. ”

"In short, everyone will start to have opinions: 'I don't want to eat this food,' 'I want meat,' 'I want this,' 'I want that,'...... Then the family of the generous man died of exhaustion. ”

"So this way is destined to be eliminated, and it is replaced by another way, where generous people let everyone do their work for themselves, and I will pay you, and you will be happy to do your work one by one, and you will be more happy and less sad, but they will not have an opinion. Is this a self-serving mistake? ”

"No mistakes, not at all."

"Sharing, this kind of thing, in our small group is okay; But in the big group I want you not to be so naïve, because the rest of the human race will never talk to you and share with you, they will just be at ease like 'all people', even if you give them food so that they don't starve to death, if you become the initiator to protect them, they will only feel right, and they will treat you as a tool and treat you as something inferior to livestock. ”

"It may be cruel, but what I'm talking about is reality!"

Wood looked at the confused little faces and shook his head slightly: "Do you think I'm selfish?" ”

The little girls in the classroom all fell silent, and looked at Wood on the stage and shook their little heads.

"Not selfish!"

Admittedly, Wood was touched by the firm and unanimous voice, but he shook his head anyway.

"No, I'm selfish!"

Wood turned around and patted the two big words on the blackboard: "I can even be described in a negative sense, I am more selfish than anyone else, because it makes me live better." ”

"And you also have to learn to be selfish, to be selfish with the big group."

"Maybe the whole world thinks you're a monster."

Wood glanced at the children below with a cold expression, "But I have to say, you ......"

"It's not a monster!!"

"Rather...... Mankind! ”

"From head to toe, inside and out, you are all human. It's just that you and they are two groups, and their group is selfish to the outside, and you need to learn to be selfish. ”

"Selfishly thinking of themselves as human."

"Selfishly saying that he's not a monster."

"Selfish ...... Survive. ”

"Don't care what other groups think, you just need to live a selfish life, because I can't make the two groups merge alone, so I can only tell you how to be selfish."

"Don't feel that your existence is harmful to the world; Don't feel like you were born a mistake; Don't feel inferior because you are abandoned by your parents and rejected by all human beings, and feel that other groups are the discursors, let them be slaughtered, and let them become 'everyone'! ”

"-You"

"All you need is selfishness, living in our group!"

The whole classroom was quiet and pin drops could be heard, and the little girls looked at Wood on the stage with blurred eyes.

Even if there are many places where they don't understand very well.

But never......

No one ever said they were human; No one ever said that they were born correctly, even if it was their biological parents; More...... No one let them live, and all they heard was 'Die, monster', 'Red ghost, why aren't you dead?' 'It's disgusting'......

And now, even if they still don't understand selfishness so much.

But they all had an idea.

Even if it's us, it's okay to live selfishly, right?

……

Looking at the expressions of the children below, Wood rubbed his somewhat dry throat, but a smile appeared on his face.

Asylum is only temporary.

If the Cursed Children are to survive, they must be allowed to change themselves, radically.

Maybe it was too early for them, but they didn't have time to get used to it.

Only by breaking the stereotype can they learn to be selfish and know how to resist.

It's not about being slaughtered by others, and being discarded when it's broken!

……