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In reply to the discussion: Prof. Richard Wolff: Capitalism - Not China - Is to Blame for the Current Global Economic Decline [View all]AOR
(692 posts)beyond that you have very little idea what you're talking about. The idea that capitalism is the "natural state of humanity" is beyond laughable. In material reality, it is the exact opposite. The ideas that some like yourself refer to as "scary socialism and communism" were the principles of primitive human societies and tribes before recorded history and since the beginning of human existence. You ignore about a few million years of human survival to defend capitalism at all costs. It goes without saying... that if it wasn't for primitive communal relations the human race wouldn't be around today. Your post is a farce.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_communism
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Nature of primitive communist societies
In a primitive communist society, all able bodied persons would have engaged in obtaining food, and everyone would share in what was produced by hunting and gathering. There would be no private property other than articles of clothing and similar personal items, because primitive society produced no surplus; what was produced was quickly consumed. The few things that existed for any length of time (tools, housing) were held communally, in Engels' view in association with matrilocal residence and matrilineal descent.There would have been no state.
Domestication of animals and plants following the Neolithic Revolution through herding and agriculture was seen as the turning point from primitive communism to class society as it was followed by private ownership and slavery, with the inequality that they entailed. In addition, parts of the population specialized in different activities, such as manufacturing, culture, philosophy, and science which is said to lead to the development of social classes.
Primitive communist societies have often been studied by anthropologists such as Margaret Mead.