On May 5th, 1818, Karl Marx, hero of the international proletatiat, was born. His revolution of Socialist theory reverberates throughout the world carries on to this day, in increasing magnitude. Every passing day, he is vindicated. His analysis of Capitalism, development of the theory of Scientific Socialism, and advancements on dialectics to become Dialectical Materialism, have all played a key role in the past century, and have remained ever-more relevant throughout.
He didn't always rock his famous beard, when he was younger he was clean shaven!
Some significant works:
Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Critique of the Gotha Programme
Manifesto of the Communist Party (along with Engels)
And, of course, Capital Vol I-III
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Communism is human nature. Communism existed in the Americas and Australia for thousands of years. It probably existed in the rest of the world too before agriculture, but our historical records from other regions were destroyed. By contrast, Australia has the most intact ancient histories in the world.
It's important to draw a line between Primitive Communism and Communism as a post-Socialist society. Primitive Communism is founded upon small, isolated communities, while Marx's Communism is one of large industry run along a common plan, democratically, to suit the needs of all.
What's more accurate is to say that what's considered "Human Nature" changes alongside Mode of Production. It was indeed "Human Nature" to have cooperative, communal units, but it is also "Human Nature" to produce under Capitalism, and still further "Human Nature" to move beyond the discordant production of Capitalism to a cohesive Socialist, and eventually Communist, society.
That feels like some noble savage stuff. Societies aren't different because they have different technology with the same economic system. It feels like you're saying indigenous societies wouldn't have been able to industrialise without changing their political system radically.
But indigenous societies made conscious political choices about how to structure society, and drag believes they had the political structure required to adapt to industrialisation without losing their political system.
Drag doesn't buy the distinction you're making between indigenous communism and industrialised communism. Drag doesn't think the difference is relevant to whether something is communism, and the only way drag could see it being relevant is through the noble savage trope.
Indigenous societies have largely industrialized in nearly all the world. Take nearly any country (except the USA, Canada, and Australia, western colonial projects), and you'll find ethnic peoples from those areas with an industrial mode of production.
If you exclude Turtle Island and Australia from the dataset, the continents with the best record of recent communism, then there's no point in this conversation, because drag is talking about continents with recent communism and a strong historical record.