The selfishness of humanity

Today's discussion was interesting in a lot of ways. It really made me understand where the Underground Man is coming from and a lot of what he says makes much more sense now. I never really entertained the thought that all humans are inherently selfish. In a way, it is rather depressing to think about, but it is extremely accurate. Humans only think about themselves and what they can possibly do to benefit themselves. The underground man is no different from the rest of humanity, as much as he would like to think he is. Although he speaks so condescendly of the human race and deems himself as so much more intelligent and superior to every other human being on this planet, he has an odd fixation on wanting to fit in and be accepted by the outside world. He is a man of many contradictions and a lot of those contradictions were cleared up in today's discussion.