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always funny how anti-communists are always saying “but human nature is inherently selfish, communism never works!” when people who study human nature for a living say “human nature is so extremely complicated and changes based on so many factors that a universal ‘human nature’ doesn’t even exist”
I don’t think that most people realize that if anything, human nature is inherently selfless, even communistic, in the grand scheme of things.
Three examples of oversimplifying things
The Marxist perspective complicates it, by definition
There’s more to us than just the material conditions around us. One example: friends, or lack thereof.
Reducing humanity down to less than what it is, is simplifying it. Even if it’s complicated compared to other perspectives
Explain to me how friends, or lack thereof, changes “human nature”?
Humans are social animals. Social isolation can cause long term brain damage. There’s more to it, as you may have guessed. But the person you fundamentally are can be altered by much more than just the material stuff around you
Absolutely. I’ve been living alone with no friends and no family for 2 years and I am FEELING IT.
Good thing we’re not talking about individuals here, but rather the aggregate behavior of humanity.
Ahh, that was not clear from that post! It makes a lot more sense now
The Marxist position is quite literally “it depends” and “it’s complicated”
That’s not what this meme presents tho
Equally important in dialectical materialism is that humans shape nature as we as are being shaped by it through sensuous activity - I.e. labour, transforming things with our hands, talking to and convincing others of viewpoints etc.
sometimes when I’m in a real ‘shower thoughts’ mood I find it deeply amusing how we needed marxism to understand this, or at least have it defensibly asserted
