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Capitalism is fundamentally about self-interest.

Narcissism is fundamentally about self-interest.

In corporate workplaces, teamwork is simply a temporary treaty imposed by higher level capitalists/narcissists so that you do their bidding, not yours.

If you are working in a corporation, you are almost certainly doing things for narcissistic reasons (for some definition of narcissism/self-interest/self-gratification/self-actualization).

Many of the "antipatterns" are really defense mechanisms from the fundamental hobbesian nature of a workplace.



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