live and let die

this seems to have become the motto in the "modern" world. on a closer look it is clearly apparant that if not sole, then altleast one of the most desirably prominent 'fuel' on which the human life is running nowadays is compition. compitition is what which when it began was termed as "survival of the fittest". but today, it has taken a form where it becomes, on the face of it, quiet difficult to distinguish 'compitition' from 'enimity'.
the purpose for today's compition is not to survive, but, NOT to let others survive.

the compitition which began with a simple want of finding food to live on, got on to become a yearning for reserving land (which basically was not supposed to be 'belonging' to specific beings) for oneself. as different proffessions came into the picture, this compitition became the heart and soul of every evolved stream of work. later on, this tendency to compete (necessarily or otherwise) started being carried on to the children from their elders, just like another gene. this time it was not for survival, but, for esteem. 'esteem' ofcourse not for that of the children but of those who made their children's 4th grade marks, or their selection as a sports team member an ego-issue for themselves.

these children now have grown-up and inculcating the same "compititive spirit" in their own offsprigs.
but ofcourse! the elders still have to be ahead of their children so that they, when they grow-up can look up to them and learn how to live in a compititive world.
so now the "grown-ups" have found novel arenas to compete in.
they now compete in betraying trust before other does that with them (taking things hypothetically).
they now compete in making a better fool of others.
they now compete in carrying more deceptive faces than their 'compititors'.
they now compete in making 'least likely to be caught' false promises.
they now compete in lying more believably than anyone else.

is it not so?