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Sounds plenty selfish to me. Indeed, no different than might-is-right.
Instead of might-is-right, I'd summarize it as "might-and-the-ability-to-provide-services-to-others-in-exchange-for-what-you-want-is-right" and Robin would presumably emphasize the second part of that.
You can care a lot about other people no matter how much they help you, but should help those who helps you even more for game-theoretic reasons. This doesn't at all imply "selfishness".