Is human nature a barrier to socialism?




You answered you own question in Das Kapital, vol. III:

"Just as the savage must wrestle with Nature to satisfy his wants, to maintain and reproduce life, so must civilised man, and he must do so in all social formations and under all possible modes ...

Hey Hayze thanks for your thoughtful reply. You raise an interesting point about extreme exploitation namely, how far is it justifiable in helping us reach a stage of industrialisation whereby we can fre ourselves from the tyranny of Nature. Here is my response to a few of the issues you have raised ...

...and Marx of course - a great place to start is The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx by Alex Callinicos. (whatever else you read, read this!)

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Some interesting things have come up. I will try to respond to a few of the issues raised.

it would have to be in particularly small communes of people who love and respect each other and work together to fulfill basic need

when we have nothing... only then can we be equals.

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Don't be fooled by the bourgeois press! This is precisely why we need a revolutionary paper...

Good evening, comrades.

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'Socialism is a good idea but it won't work. You can't change human nature!'

This is the most common and influential of all objections made to socialism. It is the first argument that comes up on the factory floor, in the work canteen or ...

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