Thomas_More
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” Would one not be closer to the truth in saying that anarchy is the struggle, in human society, against the disharmonies of Nature?””
No. Human society has so far been the most disharmonious society of all.
I agree, DJP, that we should use aspects of the social superstructure to show people the socio-economic base, which is the capitalist mode of production.
As to “nature”, whatever humans do is natural, including bringing about societies with their cultures. It is something humans do, and is therefore natural. It is FIXED human nature that we object to as a fallacy, because behaviours and ideas are produced by specific social environments which are constantly in flux. Hence there is no fixed human nature, beyond eating, requiring shelter, and seeking to reproduce.
How can we say which window of the social superstructure will be someone’s entry into socialist awareness?
All aspects of the superstructure (the culture we inhabit) are fair game for discussion. We cannot restrict ourselves to explaining and talking about the socio-economic base. People live within the superstructure of capitalism, their daily lives being part of it. As long as we avoid falling into reformism and single issues, all subjects can be talked about.Quite so. Take a look at the thread Who Was Mao Tse-tung in our Socialist Standard feedback section.
Mao’s megalomaniacal tyranny went right back to his seizing his prime position whilst still on the Long March. It didn’t begin in the 1960s with his “Cultural Revolution” garbage. His was already a garbage regime, before 1949.So why don’t they embrace a peace deal instead of eagerly continuing on Biden’s path, even when the US has changed tack?
