Individuation, Diversification, Versatility

The pioneering expositions of Capitalism, Marxism, and Darwinism share a similar pattern: begin with a definition of Human, and proceed to present a system that focuses on individual humans.  In Wealth of Nations the focus is on the Self-Interest of Market-players; in the German Ideology, it is on the leisure activities of workers who have been liberated from Labor, and in Darwinism, it is on the survival of individual members of a Species.  However, as has been previously discussed, automation exposes the fundamental Collectivist character of Human society, i. e. that the fundamental function of automation is the mass satisfaction of vital needs.  So, restoring the initial Collectivist moment from which each system abstracts, apparent Individuation is revealed as Diversification, the ultimate beneficiary of which is the Whole that has been so diversified, not any of the Parts that have been so generated, and then isolated.  Accordingly, as is the case with the unprecedented human thumb, the fundamental value of Diversification is the increase of the Versatility of the Whole, not Individual profit, leisure, or survival.  The Individualist tradition that dominates Modern Political Philosophy, and informs not only Capitalism, but Marxism and Darwinism, can be revised on that basis.