K-A-R-L

“L” because we know Labor creates all value.

M-A-R-X

  • rah
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    1 year ago

    prosocial behavior in humans

    I’ll just cut-and-paste from another comment:

    “Human beings must necessarily cooperate and aid each other in order to survive. It’s how our species evolved. However, that doesn’t mean humans only ever aid each other, or even that they care about others except as a means to survive. Humans will cooperate when it’s beneficial and also stab their fellow humans in the back, step on them and exploit them when it’s beneficial. That’s why all we have are systems of elites and peasants, filled with squalor and death.”

    differing levels of exploitation

    And yet never an absence of exploitation.

    So not sure what your point is.

    That humans in general, including fellow labourers, are what are reckless of the health and life of the labourer, not just “capital”. You’re deluding yourself by limiting your criticism to capital alone. Or even worse, deluding yourself by assigning blame to capital alone.

    • culpritus [any]@hexbear.netOP
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      Ya, I already said you seem to be a misanthrope.

      misanthrope mĭs′ən-thrōp″, mĭz′- noun

      One who hates or mistrusts humankind.

      A hater of mankind; one who harbors dislike or distrust of human character or motives in general.

      A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.

      And no exploitation is a ‘differing level of exploitation’ even if you don’t want to understand that. Just like zero is a number.

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        1 year ago

        no exploitation is a ‘differing level of exploitation’

        You’re claiming there have been human societies with an absence of exploitation? And you have sources to back up your claim?