I really love this title as this is a very important topic for exploration.

Though as you said cultures around the world are far different and the USA is without a doubt on the high end of selfish, self obsorbism.

With that being said I firmly believe that humans as all creatures are selfish. It just so happens that someone such as my self chooses to have selfish values of bettering peoples lives and the world because its the only way I could feel good about my self being alive. I could not live with my self if I shopped at stored, at at restaurants, paid taxes, put children in school and trusted governments/doctors.

So all my humanitarian efforts are still actually selfish, I have just chosen values/ideals that include improving the earth as a whole rather than values of getting as much as I can at any cost.

Thanks for yet again authoring an important topic of exploration~*~