History and Purpose

Kant's Teleological concept of Rationality, previously discussed, is shared by Aristotle, with the addition of a concept of conflict-fueled History as the path to that end.  So, regardless of the influence of Hegel on Marx, a precursor of the latter's concept of a Dialectical Materialist History can be found in Kant's system, with the significant variation of the collectivization of property as the binding factor of Society.  Still, as ordinary experience regularly evinces, e. g. a work-crew, the most effective ground of social unification is commonality of purpose in action, the most familiar example of which is war.  Now, the limitation of the latter is at the planetary level, when universal human peace has been achieved, assuming no extraterrestrial beings have been discovered.  Two examples of an extension of purpose past that achievement have been Nietzsche's somewhat veiled promotion of the production of an Uberhuman via eugenics, and, more recently, the development of actual extraterrestrial projects.  In the meantime, the concrete transition from Nationalism to Planetization would be, and perhaps should be, the unifying universal political goal at this stage of human history, of which the collectivization of property is a side-effect.