Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:48:42 -0600 (MDT)
From: CJR-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Are we ready for Marxism?



On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 PANDA-AT-pseud.pseud wrote:

> But how is that supposed to work? It seems to me that capitalism exists
> because of the nature of mankind or the nature of Nature. Nature or
> evolution depends on competition. In order for mankind to adopt a system
> like socialism we would have to evolve within capitalism, not without it,
> to be able to eradicate our own natural instincts or at least suppress them
> in order to see beyond the me first mentality. I think mankind has a long

Just keep reading. This is one of Marx's basic points -- that capitalism
creates a culture that fosters an ideology that [re]affirms the
righteousness of capitalism. It's circular.

(A second point -- the theory of natural selection is not one of
competition but adaptation.)

Claude  




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