i have a oretty general idea of what dialetics is about, but im kinda curious if theres room for like regression in it. would probably require some kind of huge disaster like earth losing its magnetic field or some doomsday scenario, but im still curious, is there like a few social constructs or institutions that if we lost it tomorrow, we'd be kicked back to the stone age in terms of economic development?

  • unabomber [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Unless everyone forgets all technological development or has a gentlemen's agreement to go full anprim, it would be impossible for pre-industrial methods of production to supersede capitalism. No rational actors would voluntarily regress to an inferior mode of production, and any disaster that destroyed enough information & capital to revert industrialization would almost certainly wipe out humanity as well.