I understand that...but I am saying that maybe we are. Maybe capitalism only brings forth greed that is genetically coded within us. Everything we do, technically, is for self.
I don't believe that it is genetically coded, I believe it is learned behavior fed to the people from all over the fuckin place and on so many levels, both consciously and subconsciously.
The only reason that "everything we do is for self" is because that's what we learn from schools, tv, radio, from our parents who learned it from their parents etc.,
I believe that all it takes is a conscious effort by the masses to realize that the strategy of "everyone for themselves" is a strategy that divides the working people and allows exploitation by those who control the means of production. If people realized that by changing our mentalities to a more communal pattern of thinking would not allow us to be exploited as easily, I think they could change. When you think about how deep it is and get that point across to the majority, that's when a big change can happen. And it would be a nurture change, but a nature change as well.
or conditions create consciousness or Life is not determined by consciousness but consciousness by life.
Yes!