Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Organism, Society, Diversity of Labor

Any organism is constituted by a division of labor.  In such an entity, 'division' means 'diversification', not 'contradiction'.  Furthermore, as the human thumb exemplifies, the greater the diversity of labor, the greater the capacity to function to the benefit of an organism, e. g. the capacity of humans to grip useful implements. So, the Marxist aim of the abolition of Division of Labor is antithetical to a concept of society as a healthy organism.

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