Love makes the world go round? Think again!

Love doesn't make the world go round. It actually prevents progress and advancement. Curiosity is one of the things that make the world go round, besides angular momentum, and other laws of physics.
People say one can't live without love. But I ask, why shouldn't? Love never inspired any advancement, nor any breakthrough nor any pinnacle of achievement not even a simple shred of progress. You may say there are many works of art, poetry etc., which were inspired by love. It's not love. It's lust. That's what inspires the so called people who are "in love". It is just an evolutionary instinct to go after the best looking/mate who has more chances of survival in this competitive world. People are too afraid to meet their conscience and accept the fact that beneath the facade of love, there nothing but mere need and selfishness. Need and selfishness - They too contribute to progress.
Let's see what has the so called love achieved over time.
The trojan war was fought because the prince was attracted to Helen, destroying many lives and wasting so many man-hours.  How many wars have been fought in the name of love... Historians know better. Coming current times, numerous murders and rapes have been committed (only that I know of) in the name of love. If love leads to peace, why is there a war everywhere there is love? The wars are sometimes psychological and may not be noticed by everyone. For an observant eye there is war everywhere there is love.
So far I have only used love only in the  romantic sense, i.e. between two lovers. Coming to non-romantic love, such as parent-child, siblings, etc.,- This is too obvious to explain in the terms of evolution. Since I came this far, let me put it in words. Trying to survive by supporting each other. I've spent enough time ranting about the pointlessness of love.

Coming to sympathy, it did nothing. Period.

So this raises a question: If love doesn't make the world go round, what does?
This is a question that can't be answered in one word. There is money-the most important one, greed, jealousy, need, hunger, happiness, and nearly all human feelings except love and sympathy.

Greed drives one crazy enough do something to quench one's desire. If one is looking for something more than one can achieve, greed makes them take new paths to grasp it.
Jealousy - It can lead to greed or inspire one to create something more important/valuable than the object in question.
Need - Necessity is the mother of invention, aptly said.
Most other feelings can be finally reduced to one of the above, thereby proving my point.

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