News flash.
Being opposed to unbridled capitalism
doesn't make you a socialist or a 'progressive'.
This isn't a binary world.
#CRx #Intergalism #OrganicSociety
#FourFoldSocialOrder
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Sure, that's a factor. But modern capitalism didn't invent, envy, jealousy or even greed. It's an effect not a cause. It's true that human misery is exacerbated by structural injustice but the cause is spiritual in origin. Socialism treats the symptoms not the disease.
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Before capitalism there was still class division. Negative emotions and desires usually result from material lack and unfulfilled needs. Jealousy/envy/greed are feelings that don't usually occur in isolation but along with other feelings such as insecurity and loneliness.
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Trust me, there are plenty of negative emotions to go around among/between people who are very well fed and lack for nothing. Perhaps more since the have more time on their hands. There's a hierarchy of needs. Food/shelter are just the beginning. Meaning/purpose come next.
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Negative emotions don't arise from nowhere. If one truly lacks for nothing, then there can be no cause for negative emotions. Conflict may be inevitable, but the point is to mediate through cooperative compassion. Needs aren't quite hierarchical: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs?wprov=sfla1 …
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Negative emotions indeed don't arise from nowhere, they arise from a glitch in the historic development of the human race. The prime cause is not economic. If your theory was correct the very rich would be the most positive folks around. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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I do agree that Maslow's scheme isn't the only way to conceive of the factors that make for human wellbeing. What neither capitalism nor socialism per se seem to be able to provide is meaning and purpose. No social scheme can.
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