Are humans at the highest possible point of evolution?

Q: Are humans at the highest possible point of evolution?

A:

Yes. Surviving is the driving force for evolution. Because humans are at the highest critical point that humans may destroy themselves through climate change or by nuclear wars, humans are at the highest possible point of evolution.

Humans are different from animals. Animals behave according to genetic instinct. Humans behave culturally. Animals evolve by genetic mutations, while humans evolve by cultural change.

There are two kinds of human evolution. One is random, just like a genetic mutation. Culture evolves by accident. The culture evolves without direction or awareness or a goal. Up to now, humans have evolved just like this. According to Hegel, the philosopher, we are humans IN ourselves.

Another cultural evolution is intended, planned, or has a goal and direction. At this stage, according to Hegel, we are humans FOR ourselves.

Can humans master their fate or let their fate drift with random accidental evolution? If humans are IN themselves, the culture of the survivors after a nuclear war or climate catastrophe will be different from what we have now. That’s an evolution. That’s the evolution of letting our fate drift by catastrophes. Or if humans are FOR themselves, they will intentionally change their culture to avoid nuclear war and climate change. This is another kind of evolution. Humans change their culture with a goal and an objective to avoid nuclear wars and mitigate climate change. By this kind of evolution, humans are FOR themselves.

Do we want peace? Yes. Can we avoid wars? No. Why? Because we have no control over our fate. We are in a capitalist society. The dominating powers are mostly capitalist. In the Western political culture, politicians know only power, domination, conquest, and interests.

The most important part of the culture is the behavior of production, or the mode of production. In a capitalist society, profit drives the engine of the society. The will of capital controls our fate. If the desire for profit drives the world into wars and climate catastrophe, we cannot prevent them from happening. The world order is IN itself.

But there is another mode of production, the socialist. In socialist political culture, China has a vision of a shared future for mankind, advocates common prosperity, builds a harmonious society, practices mutual respect, and promotes win-win cooperation.

The key historical point is the Great Cultural Revolution. Mao launched a ten-year revolution to change the culture of five thousand years of private ownership. This is the first time humans have intentionally changed their culture. Mao is pushing human evolution towards a more just and fair society.

Can we distinguish the two catalogs of vocabulary of the two political cultures? Can we sense the difference between capitalism and socialism? Which one can lead humans to avoid nuclear wars and climate catastrophe?

Even though China has promoted mutual respect and win-win cooperation for decades, these concepts have never gotten into the Western political culture and mainstream narratives. Even though China has advocated a shared future for mankind for decades, this concept is nonexistent in Western political science and the language of politicians.

Today, we are at a critical age when Western culture needs a revolution, and humans need an evolution. The West should accept the concept of mutual respect and win-win cooperation. The West should abandon the illusion of dominating the world forever. Domination is not a good concept for the human future. Common prosperity is.

Grow up, humans! Humans are capable of peace. Humans are ready to fight climate change. Hate and fear are not a state of happiness. We don’t need hate and fear. We don’t need conflicts and confrontations. Humans have a bright future only if capitalism evolves into socialism.

Evolve for the better.