The Reconciliation of Altruism and Productivity

As to altruism; again, I’m with those who deride it. But isn’t it interesting that one of the fruits of Reardon’s labor is the fact that his invention can be sold to others? I believe one of life’s goals ought to be to learn to love others as we love ourselves, our spouses and our kids. That love comes through service and I believe it’s a key to happiness. In addition to the value exchanged, represented by money, the joy from that love, which love we learn through further exchanges, feeds upon itself, making production and exchange (service to others) truly the key to happiness. Reardon loved Francisco and the other producers because of their expressions of life, their progression, their achievements, their character. And as we serve others, we come to know these same qualities in them; some more latently than others; nevertheless, we come to appreciate them, to really see them as they are, as God sees them, and we rejoice together. As long as there’s no coercion or deception, who could argue against such joyous exchanges? Surely you see these qualities in yourself, as I see them in me. It logically follows that they exist in all of our brothers and sisters. Each is trying to express them, with varying levels of success, based on his familiarity with true principles/natural law/eternal truth.