Hi Chris,
A comrade and I are currently studying The Road to Power and chapter 4 is quite interesting (although, I'm actually reading this translation).
When studying Capital with (yet) another comrade we came across an issue: What actually drives development in communism, given that there are no market driven mechanisms? Are we supposed to live under a communist society for the next, say, ten thousand years, which basically stays at the same technological level?
The Capital reading partner espoused that this is not at all that troublesome and that development was really driven by conflict. Ergo, the solving of social conflict would nullify most development. But that never really set well with me.
Now, this narrative on the "will to live better" is offering a possible solution and, since Kautsky goes on about instincts and, basically, human nature, I was wondering if there is more about this from a Marxist anthropological point of view?
Or would you say that it is complete nonsense and, if so, why?
