[SabianKinslow]

Just like all things in life there must be a balance. Either extreme will cause death. You state one side that will cause a failure of life but you fail to mention the other extreme. Pure selfishness is just as self destructive and pure selflessness. Just imagine if everyone were purely selfish. Even the most powerful who would shoulder the weaker out of the way for their own survival would eventually be taken down by others.

If you are trying to legitimise selfishness and demonize selflessness, you really should think hard about what you are espousing.

[beavus]

“Just like all things in life there must be a balance.”

This is at best a rule of thumb, not a philosophy. Even as a rule of thumb, it is too vague and fraught with exceptions.

“Just imagine if everyone were purely selfish. Even the most powerful who would shoulder the weaker out of the way for their own survival would eventually be taken down by others.”

The post was about selfishness as egoism. The article describes it, but you must read it. If you had read it, I don’t think you would have made the mistake that you did here. “Shoulder[ing] the weaker out of the way” does not characterize the egoist.