Class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences (inherited or shared), feel and articulate the identity of their interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different from (and usually opposed to) theirs.
Unless OWS becomes injected with a brand-new life force and spirit, it has pretty much exhausted itself.
Protest is the message and the physical spaces which are being reclaimed, the medium. The end result is the process.
If “Occupy America” only stays on message and doesn’t succumb to putting forth demands or an articulated platform, the days of “the one-percenters” are over and a new beginning is at hand.
Altruism is a touchy-feely kind of term. If evolutionary science is to posit it as a viable alternative to what drives human progress, it must do better.
Altruism is an alternative to competition as the all-definitive, if not vulgar, expression of the evolutionary principle. The question is, how can we put it to work?
It’s one thing to try to mobilize the masses to rise up against the oppressor; community building is another. Both are important elements of revolutionary thought and action.
Our future is far from certain. Will we succumb to the exigencies of the moment or rise above? The human spirit is beckoning.
