You're taking it too literally.
When everybody has nothing, they will co-operate to survive. When there's an inequality, they will fight each other for resources.

The rich want to keep what they have because they've acquired it themselves, they have a me and mine attitude. The poor want a piece of it through taxing the rich to provide services or more dole money, or whatever. They have a me and mine attitude.

I was just comparing it to a survival instinct because, ultimately, I think it's the same aspect of our character that triggers the behaviour.
( Kroney, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 16:26, Reply)