tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903281042242791813.post7754009330199387464..comments2024-03-26T15:02:07.811-04:00Comments on Socialist Standard Past & Present: Driven From Eden? - Was the Neolithic Revolution entirely a good thing? (2006)Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903281042242791813.post-68443497565988901092010-12-21T11:41:58.579-05:002010-12-21T11:41:58.579-05:00208208Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903281042242791813.post-63145351359884538432008-06-03T01:33:00.000-04:002008-06-03T01:33:00.000-04:00Last weekend I was daydreaming and chatting with a...Last weekend I was daydreaming and chatting with a friend about nothing in particular. While talking, I realized that the Garden of Eden story was about the Neolithic revolution. I happened upon this article by searching those terms on Google.<BR/><BR/>Your article is very interesting. Technology is making it easier for the rich to secure their wealth. This means that when the socialist revolution finally does come, and I believe it will, it will be far more cataclysmic in nature. However, a new wealthy class will rapidly develop out of the ashes and within a few generations the society will be well on its way to where it started.<BR/><BR/>Socialism has a terrible track record at long-term sustainability in a Neolithic society because we reproduce too fast and live too long. Resources become so scarce that hyperinflation occurs and millions of people starve. This is the point where it breaks down and a class society forms.<BR/><BR/>It is all very cyclic. The answer cannot be found in this domain. Perhaps we need to change our perspective on suffering. Empathy tells us that suffering ought be erraticated, but why should we feel more empathy for a human being than a canine being? I don't think there is any easy answer, so perhaps the answer is that we should have equal compassion for all beings; or that we should perceive all beings as more similar to us in ambition and strife than we may have realized. I think it is clear that life is going to persist regardless of what we do. It is far too resilient to succumb to any human-born disasters.<BR/><BR/>One must balance the need for survival with the pursuit of Nirvana. I think Christopher McCandless (of Into the Wild) summed it up best: "<I>Only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness."</I>Burhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796382712131438890noreply@blogger.com