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... ... OTHERWISE, we will truly be living in a survival of the fittest, dog eat dog world... Most people would NOT want to live in such a society.
This is important. I agree, but why do you think, while most people don't want to live in a dog eat dog world, that we will have one in a free society?
If you meet a stranger somewhere in the wilderness, what is your first thought? Kill him and steal his boots?