Competitionism

Coining a new phrase to describe the wrongs perceived by some in systems like Capitalism and Free Markets.

February 25, 2024  |  Steve Klein

Competition can't be written-off sustainably. A competitive environment will always outperform and replace a non-competitive one. The concern is not with competition at all - it is exclusively with competitionism, which means something very different. It's simply defined as: prioritizing winning over the highest good.

As "the highest good" is a corollary to God, there is plenty to explore here in the religious realm. I defer somewhat to Peterson's work on adapting Christianity to rational terms, and vice-versa. By exploring the way time can be considered, such as in the rewards of heaven and the punishment of hell being applied not to you, but to your offspring in the future, you can see a healthy marriage of contemporary religiosity to a rational moral framework that unifies.

Without starting here, the rest doesn't make much sense, as in all moral things.