Thread: Communism

I suppose it is not natural for humans to cooperate. Certainly they don't do it when there's a flooded river in the midwest.

What's human nature?

Hobbes said a long time ago that we would all kill each other if we could. But that denies education. He died like two hundred years before we learned that all humans share nearly identical DNA and that monkeys and higher primates have extremely similar DNA.

Surely, we can move past his awful definition of human nature.

In light of interpersonal conflict, almost all of it can be traced to defensiveness on the part of the rich. It may be the gang in your neighbourhood fighting to control the local drug trade, or it may the dictator in Iraq partnering up with the military might of the US two or three decades ago. Poor people attack rich people because they are rich.

Lose inheritance (and privatized wealth accumulation) and you lose a whole lot of issues. I'm not saying people shouldn't have luxuries in life. I work harder than most others would. I do it to live better, not to have a bigger bank account. My kids will surely hate me for not being rich, but they won't be lazy, spoiled brats.

I just can't get over what to do about crimes of passion...love and lust probably would ruin anarchism...unless we could all learn to set free the things we love.

Oh, now I better go cut myself.

Originally Posted by lickthefrog

Surely, we can move past his awful definition of human nature.

Thank-you for saying so. Yes we can. Many of us have already. More are coming soon. The only thing which can impede the raising of consciousness is ignorance.

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