The Relationship Between Altruism and Dependence

What if George Bailey followed his dreams and embraced rational self interest the story wouldn't even need an angelic intervention that's an interesting question. If what he means by reframing it on egoist terms would be like what happens when somebody sees what happens to the world without them I think somebody wrote that story already it's Atlas shrug yeah I mean it's it's Atlas shrugged yeah I'm sure you can guess where this is going. Right now we're talking about altruism and dependence, or egoism and independence well altruists usually make a big deal about the fact that they think we are metaphysically dependent on some higher power and so therefore shouldn't try and should should be humble