The real disaster is the continued fetishization of the individual and the cancer of individualism (hedonists and slaves to personal desire will disagree LOL). Once the interdependence of reality is comprehended, then the illusion of self falls away and real progress can begin to be made (see Nargarjuna The Fundamental Wisodm of the Middle Way). Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister
"Illusion of self"? When the torturer tortures and the tortured screams where is the illusion of self? Do both feel each other's pain? Thanks, but I'm going to try to look after my little "self" as long as I've still got it. Communism to me means the full emancipation of individuality, which I feel is denied under capitalism. I want much more self, not less. Tahir