Human nature is collaborative, not competitive. We never would have succeeded as a species otherwise. This is capitalist realism, the idea that capitalism is simply the natural order of things.

[+] Marxism_Sympathizer@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It seems reasonable to assume that whatever aspect of human behavior might be born of "nature" rather than environment would be collaborative. Otherwise no society would have gotten off the ground. "Human nature" in this case is just shorthand for that idea.

I certainly wouldn't call any "human nature" immutable, since we've seen that environmental effects can make people do almost anything. My statement in the previous comment would have made no sense if I was referring to "human nature" as immutable, since we've all agreed that the environment of capitalist society causes humans to behave in competitive ways even when they lead to negative outcomes.