Believe it or not: Karl Marx is making a comeback

[Shankapotomus]

85. Our base desires are not written in stone

They are a product of evolution and, however long and incremental it's taken them to evolve, they can change. If we are conscious enough we can also transcend our primitive instincts by conscious intent.

Technology also evolves and much faster than we do. There is a pattern through history of new economic systems evolving out of large leaps in technological innovation. I think we are nearing the next big leap. We just have to get past all the turmoil that comes with the collapsing of the old systems and the introduction of the new without falling backwards.

I think Marx basically admitted he thought the ideal technological innovation needed to fully usher in his socio-economical system hadn't developed yet and I agree. His ideas are still valid and a good answer to capitalism but they just arrived a little too early on the scene. Once the technological innovation has caught up, putting his theories into practice may prove more fruitful than they have been without the requisite technological advancements.