I know they're not equivalent. But the labor theory of value doesn't rely on scarcity value the same way supply-and-demand does, so the metaphor still kinda works. And you have to admit that a technate would necessarily abolish what Marx defined as capital and class, something communists also aim to do.
Of course, because state capitalism is still capitalism and thus still employs the price system. But had they managed to build an economy in which the law of value didn't apply, they wouldn't be using a price system.
Let's start with a study on parental relationship quality and child outcomes across a wide range of socioeconomic and ethnic groups.
childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Child_Trends-2011_04_04_RB_MaritalHappiness.pdf
Turns out having good parental figures helps the child with "behavior problems (externalizing), child social competence, child school engagement, child internalizing (depression)" among other things.
Or take a look some of the conclusions in this World Health Organization publication.
apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/42878/1/924159134X.pdf
Golly, it's almost as if social animals don't function very well when they go through their formative years with zero social interaction.
The only skewed part was about your robot overlord being powered by distilled autism. Everything else was straight from a giant post you made like last week.
How is replacing religion with even more convoluted, idealist bullshit in any way a good thing?
No.
I guess I see what you mean, but you can definitely find STEM majors who are genuinely passionate about what they study and get excited whenever they talk about it.
I think these two go hand-in-hand. The especially snobbish ones won't pick up a book on politics or philosophy before they stop associating it with 🍀🍀🍀liberal arts.🍀🍀🍀
I think every STEMfag has looked down on non-STEM majors at some point or another tbh. But being blatant about it or even belittling people who don't study STEM seems to me like an excuse to avoid the work required to be an intellectually well-rounded person. Based Badiou for example was the chair of philosophy at a very prestigious French university, but a huge chunk of his most influential work is dedicated to using set theory to illustrate his thoughts on totality and historical events, and I think some points about the role of working class in civil society that Marx brought up. My point is it's possible to git gud at both.