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[Competence and the incompetent].

G Vidal
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Very much like egoism, competence is one of life's ingredients in its own right Living beings compete among themselves to secure their territoriality (as far as Man is concerned, his personality). Free competence favors people's economic, ethic, and cultural development. Only incompetent people feel sore at competence.

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G Vidal. 1987. [Competence and the incompetent].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3425357/

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