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Appendix 6

 

Social Evolution in Nutshell

 

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Dialectics of social being and social consciousness

 

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Society is a rational system composed by two sub-systems - social being and social consciousness, which have very complicated strictures of sub-sub-systems. 

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Knowledge is consciousness information and real engine of social evolution.

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Accumulation of knowledge makes society more complex, which insist changes in existed social structure in both sub-systems - social being (economy) and social consciousness (culture).

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Subjective (human) factor is small elite of decision-makers called power elite.

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Reason (human factor) creates hierarchical structures; complexity of society create heterarchical network of newly emerged sub-systems.

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The power elite create hierarchical structure based on core values like slavery, land, religion, politics and money.  

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Newly accumulated knowledge or social creativity expands complexity of society and necessity of heterarchical changes in social structure.

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The social evolution is due to clash between objective tendency to heterarchy and subjective tendency of hierarchy.

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In general terms the course of social evolution is from man-created (power elite) hierarchy to objective-created heterarchy.

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Hierarchical development is quantitative process of accumulation of knowledge. Transition to heterarchy is qualitative leap to new social stricture and power elite.

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Transition from autocracy to democracy and from democracy to netocracy is inevitable due to increased complexity of society.

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The basic contradiction of Feudal society is between inheritance and power. Inherited power creates hierarchical social structure up to Absolute monarchy. Resolution of this contradiction is in transition from Absolute to Constitutional monarchy i.e. separation of inheritance and power. This transition is qualitative leap from autocracy to democracy.

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Dominant form of social consciousness for Agrarian societies is religion (poly- and monotheism). Dominant form of social consciousness for industrial societies is politics.

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Most important factors in Industrial society are political power and money. Absolutisation of political power lead to Fascism and Communism. Both systems are already history due to absoluisation itself.

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The basic contradiction of Capitalism is between financial capital and power. Unlawful marriage between money and political power create corporatocracy, which is form of “Absolute capitalism”. Resolution of this basic contradiction is in separation between money and political power.

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Liberal economy, plutocracy and corporatocracy create wealth, but destroy social moral.

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The basic contradiction of Technological civilisation is between exponentially rising of knowledge and increasing vulnerability of society. Resolving this contradiction is in transition from money-driven to knowledge-based society.

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The power is decision-making process. Separation of money and power is possible trough creation of decision-making social networks. Such networks are historical equivalent of elected parliaments, and first step in transition from degenerated democracy (corporatocracy) to Netocracy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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