Communism

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Sat Jun 29 11:14:01 PDT 2002



> The deranged "social condition" which gives rise to deranged people is
> called "life". Life is hard. Life may be harder in a capitalist system
> but it is nevertheless hard also in any utopian system you can imagine.
> Your wife falls in love with other people. Your father never really
> wanted you and doesn't love you. A reliance on back medication turns
> into an addiction. A freak accident removes your legs and leaves you
> incapable of playing the sport you love. Your uncle molested you as a
> child. LIFE IS HARD. Some people will be unhappy. Other people are just
> born jerks. Other people are clinically psychopathic. None of us are
> entirely rational.

All the examples you listed are the results of social conditions. Monogamy and marriage is a social condition. Love is a social construction. So are sports.

-- Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchyfaq.org

"If the Nuremberg laws were applied today, then every Post-War American president would have to be hanged." - Noam Chomsky



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