Competition is a bad thing when it squeezes out cooperative strategies with superior outcomes. This can be expected to be more frequent in a society perfuse with pro-competitive and anti-cooperative incentives. Competition is conceptually aligned with defection strategies. The fitness landscape generally has fragile optima at cooperative strategies. That said, competitive substrategies may contribute to the beneficial outcomes of a cooperative superstrategy of which they are a part.
Not all life is competition. Ecosystems in general are a complex web of cooperation. One could say that all life is cooperation with equal merit.
The idea that competition should not exist and is some outcome of "evil" capitalism is absolute ridiculousness. I was responding directly to that asinine comment.
Life without competition doesn't exist, nor should it.
Not all life is competition. Ecosystems in general are a complex web of cooperation. One could say that all life is cooperation with equal merit.