I think they despite being anarchists had to be authoritarian and were, which was good and I wish we could have seen it last longer, see how it panned out

But perhaps it was because anarchists aren't authoritarian enough they were crushed

@Enigmatic★Chromatic The NEP had the same intention as Mussolini's free market phase

it was never meant to be permanent

Alright?

The end goal of fascism is still Capitalism in all the ways that matter, commodity production and all that

@Draco And yes, largely I am a constructivist

But why? Constructivism is demonstrably false.

Oof

History disagrees

Everyone believes their opponent's position is demonstrably false

*who's trying for senior citizen here hmmm*

This is true

It is not a question of history. It is a question of biology

I had a conversation about this earlier

Marxists make it about history to perform a class analysis.

Actually

No

The claim of constructivism is about inheritance of social traits

Constructivism is just about the adaptability of human nature

What has history to do with it?

This can he explained by biology

Neural plasticity for one

It's also evolutionarily advantageous for humans to have some degree of malleability in order to survive better

Well we can see how many characteristics of human nature have changed based in the conditions people were subjected to

Now, like Marx I think there is a core human nature and that the specifics of this are molded by society. I'm not entirely constructivist

But human nature was in slave based societies like Greece to be different from ours or that of Feudal societies

Honestly, it is just a word game sociologists play. If you really define Constructivism as adaptability to surroundings, then essentialists do not disagree. You present a dichotomy with essentialism and then give a lighter definition.

Essentialists do not say that humans are not affected by sorroundings

The whole idea of Plato's The Republic was that they are

Yes, but you also claim there is an essential being

Yes, and essential being is not full of all properties of humanity

Some metaphysical component to a given thing that makes it that thing

It is mere minimum that makes you a human

Like four wheelers having four wheel does not mean their wind shields do not get scratched

I don't think "human" is a constant unchanging thing however

Humans today are defined not just their their biology but the technology they create which is an extension of themselves

You presented a critique of Essentialism. Have you read what it is?

Yes I have

I quoted what it was a second ago

So, why do you think that Plato did not know that humans in his country did not adapt different lifestyles with changing technology