Mr Brust said: > Once Man has achieved a sufficient level of culture (ie, technology) so > that conflict with nature is no longer pressing (or, to be precise, when > we can produce plenty for everyone) the opportunity exists for several > things to happen: An end to class conflict; an end to conflict between > societies, and discussions of how we're really part of nature and > shouldn't consider ourselves in conflict with it. <le sigh> Of course, the opportunity existing doesn't mean it will come into existence. I guess one out of three isn't *too* bad, but couldn't we choose one of the others? > Recommended reading: _Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the > State_ by Frederich Engels. Oh, sure. Add another to my list. <grin> > Other than the instinct to survive, just what IS "human nature?" So many wise-arse comments. Must...bite...tongue... Heh, Chris "It's tough for fetishists to be Marxists, since many of us like our chains." ~David Alt