stackyFACTSYou do not get dinner because the butcher loves you; you get dinner because the butcher loves their own livelihood.
You do not get dinner because the butcher loves you; you get dinner because the butcher loves their own livelihood. The Invisible Hand theory suggests that thousands of people acting entirely in their own naked self-interest miraculously assemble a functioning world. The baker bakes bread solely to keep their lights on, but the accidental side effect is that society gets toast. It is a beautiful system built entirely on mutual greed.
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