Charles Mckelvey — What Socialism Tin As Well As Can’T Do

It's mode also early on to tell what socialism tin too can't create (tradeoffs) but the sense gained from history, both regarding forms of capitalism too forms of socialism, are instructive. But this is solely the outset phase of the historical dialectic inwards this regard. Charles McKelvey summarizes the solid soil of this dialectic every bit he sees it from his perch. It's a adept article.

Socialism requires a much higher score of collective consciousness that the forms of capitalism based on "rational" utility maximization on the assumptions of methodological individualism that presuppose extreme ontological individualism. 

Humanity is notwithstanding inwards the infantile to adolescent phase of the evolution of the human species, which is egocentric too lacks empathetic species awareness required for a higher score of morality that socialism requires for a genuinely socialistic civilisation too corresponding institutional arrangements. 

This necessitates a "spiritual awakening" to greater universality cognitively, affectively, volitionally, too behaviorally.

But it is happening. There are many factors involved but the outlines of novel Zeitgeist are emerging inwards which social consciousness is increasing too conflicting amongst the individualistic soil of the electrical flow Zeitgeist, at to the lowest degree inwards the West, that is also infected amongst tribalism every bit an evolutionary hangover too the shape construction too privilege bequeathed culturally too institutionally past times feudalism too its successor, capitalism, the Agricultural too Industrial Ages respectively.

H5N1 novel moving ridge is ascension every bit the dominant moving ridge crests too begins to interruption on the shores of time. 

With the Digital Age or Information Age dawning, therefore it global consciousness owing to the emergence of a "global brain" every bit a global digital network like to a neurological scheme inwards sentient too intelligent organisms.

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What Socialism Can too Can’t Do

Charles McKelvey | Professor Emeritus, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina

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