self-interest

He imagined a future in which “resources and livable conditions are scarce. Scarcity is the rule, and requires a degree of self-interest. Population problems are beyond solution by migration. No habitable unclaimed lands remain.”

“Let's dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity. An ambitious new climate finance goal is entirely in the self-interest of every nation, including the largest and wealthiest,” he told delegates.

Trump “doesn’t have much ideology, except self, so probably it depends on what he thinks is in his self-interest.”

Karen’s latest act of aggression in service of protecting her own self-interest?

Tricking men into voting against their self-interest using cheap appeals to toxic masculinity is very on-brand for him.