• TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
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    The base creates and reinforces the superstructure, which reinforces the base, not the other way around.

    I don’t know what this has to do with empathetic people and sociopaths. I understand that the system that we live in is more likely to produce sociopaths than a Socialistic one, but I don’t think that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about them and their hindrance to our advancement, considering that they do indeed exist.

    I usually appreciate you spreading knowledge, but I don’t really see what you are trying to add here. Nothing I wrote disagrees with anything you said, and vice versa.

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      You said if people were more empathetic we would have a better Mode of Production, but the process is reversed.

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        OK I see now. I think that both are true in a way. It’s kind of a negative feedback loop. The mode of production makes more people greedy and less empathetic, and that makes people more opposed to changing to a fair mode of production. Again, that’s just my opinion, I am not an economist, just a simple Prole.

        Definitely agree with you that it starts with the mode of production. Appreciate you clarifying, and hope you have a nice day.

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          No problem! They reinforce each other, yes, but it starts with the Mode of Production, which is why as the productive forces improve, so too does social knowledge which causes a shift.