On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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