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How does screwing over others provide an advantage to propagating genes?
O_o
In many, many ways. For example, if I take your food, you're more likely to starve and I'm less likely to starve. You'll be less healthy and hence less attractive as a mate and I'll be more healthy and hence more attractive as a mate.
No if you take my food now I’m your enemy and you have two problems.
Not necessarily. If you're not a threat, for example I'm bigger or have higher social status than you, then taking your food is no problem for me.
I'm a human, a tool-using creature. You have to be a hell of a lot bigger than me before I'm not a threat to you.
I think you're missing the point. Humans can and do screw over other humans, and doing so impacts gene propagation.