Communism or Capitalism?
Question from the Internet:
“Would the world be better without communism?”
Communism – just like Capitalism – is just an arbitrary human ideology, based on our limited and distorted understanding of the world around us.
Capitalism makes sense, since it fits our inherently “raw capitalist”, self-serving, self-justifying, individualistic and exploitative nature. We all want the “American Dream” of infinite possibilities and ever-growing personal profit. Knowingly or unkowingly we all enjoy succeeding at the expense of others, proving ourselves avove and against others. In fact, true happiness, fulfillment and the sense of achievemnt is about getting what we want at the expense of others, when we favorably compare to others in relation to our abilities, possessions, respect and achievements.
On the other hand, Communism makes sense with its mutual cooperation, loss of personal property and personal or individual freedom, since nature – the system we are born from and still exist in as integral parts – functions according to such principles. In Nature – as in our own biological body – all comprising elements selflessly and unconditionally serve the general balance and homeostasis of the whole integrated living system. Without such selfless and unconditional mutual integration and cooperation life would not be possible.
Thus we find ourselves in a huge and seemingly unsolvable paradox. Our inherent nature is Capitalistic, thus even when we try Communism we start revolting against it after a while and the selfish, egotistic and ruthlessly exploitative leaders of Communistic regimes need to oppress and many times destroy their own people to keep Communism existing. On the other hand, Capitalism, that represents and serves our inherent nature is against the laws and principles of nature and becomes like a cancer in nature’s mutually integrated and mutually complementing system. Thus our mostly Capitalistic Western society has already outlived itself and is self-destructing, while the “developing world” stubbornly tries to emulate the West when the West is already in decline.
Our immediate and longer future depends on whether we can learn how to accomodate the inherently “raw capitalist” human beings into nature “Communistic system”, withiout oppressing or erasing anything in our nature, but actually positively and constructively harnessing all our inherent qualities and driving forces for the well-being and most optimal development of the whole system.
Fortunately, we have the necessary, uniuque, purposeful and highly practical method that can help us recognize the desires, intentions and forces truly driving us and also teach us how to use them in a way that we all willingly and clonsciously become “healthy cells” in humanity’s single, integrated and mutually interdependent organism, which is als an integral part of nature’s system.