When something is feared it seems easiest to dominate it lest it turn on you after you make it free. Time that might be spent changing or living in ways that are beneficial to us all, that is instead spent in dominating a situation, is wasted. Waste is something to be avoided, even feared if it cannot be stopped.
Another compulsion to dominance is greed. Greed is a runaway fear of not having needs or desires fulfilled. In a world where reasonable desires could be fulfilled, not traded for virtues, greed would become ridiculous.
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