Re:Pëtr Kropotkin and Mutual Aid
by cuteboy19 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:29PM
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That may be true but we do not observe it in nature. Most mammals would prioritize their own offspring over others. "Without regard" is very rare to see
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Re:Pëtr Kropotkin and Mutual Aid
by jrochkind1 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:36PM
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I think what "we observe in nature" is debatable. Kropotkin was taking part in that debate, although it was over 100 years ago.
But apparently in 1998, respected evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould found Kropotkin to be "no crackpot" too. (Article found from wikipedia reference).
https://www.marxists.org/subject/science/essays/kropotkin.ht...
There's plenty of cooperation between population members not directly related observed in nature, that's literally what Kropotkin's whole book is about.