Philosophy is Intellectual Masterbation

...sure, it feels great, but in the end, what does it really accomplish?

Illusory Fairness

Whenever anyone says "that's not fair" what they're really saying is "you took my advantage!"

We definitely don't want to live in a fair world, since, let's face it, an utterly fair world would mean that you get exactly what you deserve...especially when you do bad things. It means that "all things being equal" your fate is at the flip of a coin. A fair world means you have no real concrete control over what happens in your future.

Screw the illusion of fairness, I want to make sure that me and mine have an advantage over you and yours in everything we do. That doesn't make me a bad person any more than a parent who tries to get their kid into a good school or a friend who says a few good words about you to his single friend with the nice butt.

It's not selfish, it's not evil, until you stop giving yourself an advantage and start giving others a disadvantage. This might seem like not that great a distinction but I assure you, it's a huge one. Slanting the playing field doesn't necessarily screw over the competition. Shooting them so they aren't actually competing on the other hand...

So walk the middle path between dick bag and saint I say!