Competition is very natural for Earth. We see competition everywhere: trees compete for light, many life forms compete for resources, even simple chemical reactions compete. Of course, competition is not the only way of coexistence of life forms, there is also symbiosis and balance as well.
Although the control of human society is hijacked by selfish criminals, the human society is still a dynamic system which is alive and balances itself. There is much of competition going on within it. There are certain tendencies and principles in it which you need to take into account when dealing with us.
Take a notice of how big cultural changes occurred in our society in recent times. The society was dominated by mind control maybe even more than now, but there were waves of liberation and these waves continue.
A big wave of liberation was in 1960s, it was highest in 1968. Check out "1968: The Year That Rocked the World" by Mark Kurlansky. Great book.