[lbo-talk] Why Capitalism Cannot be Tamed

[Miles Jackson]

On 10/30/2010 11:03 AM, Barry Brooks wrote:
>
> We need a war on selfishness. If that war had the level of impact that 
> the war
> on drugs has had then greed would no longer be socially acceptable.
>

I think this is confusing cause and effect.  Selfishness is not the 
cause of capitalist social relations; capitalist social relations 
produce and intensify selfishness.  Conducting a "war on selfishness" in 
a capitalist society is pointless as long as capitalism thrives as a 
socioeconomic system.  (LBO old-timers know I've asserted this 
repeatedly over the years here: psychological characteristics are 
primarily a product of social relations, not vice versa.)

Miles