It is much better for the working class to weild its authority than the Capitalist class.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe that. Humans don’t come in two flavours.
I think unfettered capitalism and the systems of power that you propose are both hostile, inhuman systems. I think that meaningful voluntary social systems have to be able exist within that context, and cannot replace it. I don’t believe that eight billion humans can form a single community; our capacity to be social breaks down, and we collectively become something else that we don’t really have a lot of power or comprehension over. I suspect that attempting to work on that superhuman scale can only bring greater conflict and chaos. I think that the enlightened human has to disengage from it, stop identifying with it, and instead find human-scale social constructs that we are capable of existing socially within, that are voluntary and free of coercion, and that seeks to address the social deficiencies of the ambient environment, whether that’s an empty wasteland, or a metropolis.
I think you’re turning your disillusionment towards the Capitalist framework into nihilism about analysis of structures. Marxists frequently posit structures like the Soviet system, which feature both local, tight-knit councils and larger councils made up of representatives of these councils, resulting in a comprehensively democratic system. Without these higher rungs, large-scale planning can’t exist effectively, which means a fall in the level of production and a decrease in the ability of humanity to satisfy its needs.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe that. Humans don’t come in two flavours.
I think unfettered capitalism and the systems of power that you propose are both hostile, inhuman systems. I think that meaningful voluntary social systems have to be able exist within that context, and cannot replace it. I don’t believe that eight billion humans can form a single community; our capacity to be social breaks down, and we collectively become something else that we don’t really have a lot of power or comprehension over. I suspect that attempting to work on that superhuman scale can only bring greater conflict and chaos. I think that the enlightened human has to disengage from it, stop identifying with it, and instead find human-scale social constructs that we are capable of existing socially within, that are voluntary and free of coercion, and that seeks to address the social deficiencies of the ambient environment, whether that’s an empty wasteland, or a metropolis.
I think you’re turning your disillusionment towards the Capitalist framework into nihilism about analysis of structures. Marxists frequently posit structures like the Soviet system, which feature both local, tight-knit councils and larger councils made up of representatives of these councils, resulting in a comprehensively democratic system. Without these higher rungs, large-scale planning can’t exist effectively, which means a fall in the level of production and a decrease in the ability of humanity to satisfy its needs.