Are we the bad guys?

[The Lone Gunman]

I agree that we are sentient (on the whole) but let's not forget that we are animals first and foremost. We follow our instincts in just the same way as a Mollusc follows theirs and this is genetic and incredibly powerful.

We are changing socially far more quickly (and often this is through technology) than we can evolve either genetically or socially.

I don't think that we can predict where we will evolve to as a species.

Blind watchmaker is a term which applies equally well to our social evolution

Yes, but the original point by SAs and my subsequent support is about the possibility that mankind will evolve enough to reach a higher state of society and that society will be communist (or closely aligned).
Both of us pointed out that mankind has to evolve first.

If that evolution happens do you still say communism will not work?

[BlackenedBiker]

Conclusive proof of the well-documented decline in the value of educational qualifications then

Not at the Universities I went to old boy

[sasguru]

Not at the Universities I went to old boy

ex-polys

[BlackenedBiker]

Yes, but the original point by SAs and my subsequent support is about the possibility that mankind will evolve enough to reach a higher state of society and that society will be communist (or closely aligned).
Both of us pointed out that mankind has to evolve first.

If that evolution happens do you still say communism will not work?

A couple of thoughts:

As stated I can't predict where humankind will evolve to. Future predictions of this kind are too hard.

For instance: Imagine that our environmental resources change in terms of availability. Say the sea levels rise in 20 years by 1.5 meters due to global warming. About 10% of the population of the world will be displaced. About 40% of the worlds food production will be removed.

Given this scenario do you seriously believe that humankind will adopt a communist model? Isn't this highly unlikely?

However other scenarios may prove condusive to a more communal model.

I know where I would place my euro considering the history of humankind and considering that in over 100,000 years of sentience we don't seem to have evolved as a species in social terms one iota.

[BlackenedBiker]

ex-polys

I don't think Thomas Wolsey was aware of Polytechnics, my little management system Guru. I hope that that helps.

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