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> CB: There's the old Hegelian trope that freedom is the mastery of
> necessity. The "realm of necessity" and the "realm of freedom" use
> freedom and necessity in this sense. With class divided society,
> including capitalism, there is enormous mastery of nature with much
> technology, but the vast majority don't get the full benefit of the
> technological control of nature because they are forced to jump through
> so many artificial hoops to get their necessary necessities , as you
> put it.
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The "enormous mastery of nature", yet another ridiculous illusion; I hope you don't share it CB.