ok, so what values should we hold?
we have discussed negative values like anger and hate and greed and lust
as being instinctual values… values that cannot be the meaning of life
because they are negative…
ok, try this… imagine a man… the man has negative values of
hate and anger and greed and lust… you know, like IQ45…
now imagine this man’s actions…he has cheated on his wife, multiple times,
he has threaten and intimidated people who he feels is a danger to him…
he lies and lies and lies… he has ended people’s careers because he
failed to pay them for jobs done and they went out of business…
he has sued and been sued over 2000 times and to avoid his debts,
declared bankruptcy 6 times…these negative actions…
are they values that are negative or positive? the answer to that
is rather easy… his values are negative values and he acts upon those
negative values…creating chaos and destruction and damage all around him…
now, as an ism, capitalism is based upon the simple notion that
by private vices we create public good… that greed in people, somehow
creates a public good…(the exact mechanism is never actually shown but is assumed)
so one man’s private greed creates a public good…really… show me a person
who is greedy… they don’t create a public good, they cause chaos and damage
all around them… or lust, when a man or women for that matter, pursues
lust to the point of infidelity, how does that private good create a public good?
it cause chaos and damages the wife and any children and in general, creates
a negative environment… how is infidelity a public good? it isn’t and how
does pursuing greed create a public good? it doesn’t… so, the basic and fundamental
talking point of capitalism creates chaos and damage to both individuals and
a society when capitalism is practiced…private vices are both private dangers
and public dangers when acted upon…
so negative, instinctual values don’t help or aid or improve a society…
how can they? does someone who promotes hate or greed or anger or lust
improve or aid or help a society? nope…values that are negative… they are values
that Hitler and Stalin and Mao promoted… we cannot survive as individuals
and as a society by promoting negative, instinctual values like hate and
greed and lust and anger… because they cause too much instability
and chaos and disorder within a society…a person who promoted
anger and hate in society creates and promotes chaos and instability
within that society… think of times when someone you knew was about
the hate and anger and lust and greed… bosses who only cared about
their bonus and bosses who were dicks and bosses who only carried about
hate and anger and lust and greed… think about that workplace… it
was and will be a terrible place to work… the boss’s values of hate
and anger and greed and lust creates a terrible work environment…
isn’t that like a person whose values of hate and anger and greed and lust
creates a terrible social environment/ society for everyone…
it is no different… if it is a boss or a parent or a friend or a sibling or
co-worker… if they promote negative values it creates a negative, a
terrible environment to be in… and so why should an ism like
capitalism which promotes negative values like greed and lust and envy
be somehow any different then the environment you see every day,
where people who hold those negative values create a negative,
a terrible environment to be in and work in and live in…
this is why we must understand and promote values that create a
positive environment… be it work, be it home or be it society…
capitalism is a negative, instinctual value system and thus
creates negative and instinctual values that damage and
creates despair and anger within a home or work or a society…
this is why we cannot support capitalism as a value, or as a system of
belief…it is private vices which can never lead to positive values…
private vices which leads to a negative, hateful, angry system,
be it family, work or society at large…
so once again, which values should we hold to?
Kropotkin