Is "Competitiveness" in the worst sense, a Mental Illness? [View All]

[Tyler Durden]

We keep hearing everyone from Bush to the "Boss" carp on "competition." Even Democratic Party Candidates like Sen. Debbie Stabenow are using it in their TV commercials.

I'm tired of spending my life trying to out-compete the Jones, the McJones, the Jonesoviches, les Jones, el Jones, Jones Pasha, etcetera/ad nauseum. It's bringing back the ulcers I had when I tried to be a salesman in 1975 (THAT is "Competition from HELL," by the way.)

Maybe it's time we looked on "competition" as a mental illness?

"King of the Hill" is a nasty game of childhood; something we are not supposed to EVER enjoy playing, even as a kid. It kills friendships and nurtures enmity.

Competition means "I WIN, you LOSE. ALL of you. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU." Sounds like some sort of sick "dominance" thing, doesn't it?

And it's WINNER TAKE ALL. Maybe it's time we figured out once and for all that if we ALL win, then WE ALL WIN, and NOBODY has to lose.

Then NOBODY has to knock the "KING" off of the "hill."