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> Communism at a large scale does not work because it goes against human nature - we're not bees or ants or other similar animals but rather belligerent primate
by darkwater 11mo ago
> Communism at a large scale does not work because it goes against human nature - we're not bees or ants or other similar animals but rather belligerent primates with a cultural predilection for living in families and clans.
And yet, we don't live as such animals and our collective behavior changed throughout history thanks to our reasoning capabilities taking over the inner "animal".
- hagbard_c 11mo ago> our collective behavior changed throughout history thanks to our reasoning capabilities taking over the inner "animal". That 'inner animal' comes out the moment the shelves in the supermarkets are empty and the electronic payment systems are down. Those reasoning capabilities may have put a thin cultural veneer over the beast but it is still there, ready to defend itself and its own if push comes to shove as well it should - cultures have a way of collapsing when times get hard.