Socialism, Nature, Humans

As has been previously discussed, Trotsky, reflecting the essentiality to it of technological development, characterizes Socialism as constituted by both a progressive power of Humans over Nature, and the abolition of the power of humans over humans.  However, he does not recognize the potential contradiction between the two that is made explicit by the introduction of the unarguable proposition that humans are part of Nature.  Furthermore, that all the parts of Nature are systematically related makes difficult a modification of the first clause that would decisively distinguish Human Nature from non-Human Nature.  That difficulty has been repeatedly illustrated by the adverse consequences of technological development on vital environmental features such as air, water, and climate, which are independent of Economic distinctions, as their occurrences in the U. S., Chernobyl, and the atmosphere of China, alike, demonstrates.  Nor, given the role of Technology in the concept of Marxist Socialism, can Trotsky simply jettison that clause.  Instead, the proposition can be respected as instructive--that in a Naturalist concept of Socialism, Economics cannot be isolated from Ecology.