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 "Man is a species-being, not only because in practice and in theory he adopts the species (his own as well as those of other things) as his object, but – and this is only another way of expressing it – also because he treats himself as the actual, living species; because he treats himself as a universal and therefore a free being.
 
 The life of the species, both in man and in animals, consists physically in the fact that man (like the animal) lives on organic nature; and the more universal man (or the animal) is, the more universal is the sphere of inorganic nature on which he lives. Just as plants, animals, stones, air, light, etc., constitute theoretically a part of human consciousness, partly as objects of natural science, partly as objects of art – his spiritual inorganic nature, spiritual nourishment which he must first prepare to make palatable and digestible – so also in the realm of practice they constitute a part of human life and human activity. Physically man lives only on these products of nature, whether they appear in the form of food, heating, clothes, a dwelling, etc. The universality of man appears in practice precisely in the universality which makes all nature his inorganic body – both inasmuch as nature is (1) his direct means of life, and (2) the material, the object, and the instrument of his life activity. Nature is man’s inorganic body – nature, that is, insofar as it is not itself human body. Man lives on nature – means that nature is his body, with which he must remain in continuous interchange if he is not to die. That man’s physical and spiritual life is linked to nature means simply that nature is linked to itself, for man is a part of nature."
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 - lives for the species, cannot exist of its own accord
 - conscious state is only sensible in context of greater species
 - Thinks of own actions in context of species
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     - impact of my action would be different
     - I would have chosen a different action
 
+### Live for Species
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+In this description we can see that man's life is for species being, as it is unavoidably of a form that is species being, thus that it should be purposed as such. Man cannot exist of its own accord, as the fact of there being a plurality of humans means that relations exist, as well as their shared need of resources. One might conceive of an individual human surviving on their own, but a Marxist would likely indicate that this is not a realistic example, that life is hard already, but that by working together we know life is easier, as evidenced by the fact that we always live in environments with multiple humans; we always seek out a pack, a troupe, a group, a collective or what have you in order to improve survival, and this is description is echoed by every practicing evolutionary biologist.
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+### Rational Consciousness
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+In considering the reality of our collective condition, it must come to be understood that to pursue the development and expression of a rational consciousness, even as an individual, is to look at the world in full knowledge that you and your actions exist in the context of the greater species. If your thoughts and actions do not take that into account, then you are living in a manner which does not acknowledge reality, and in leveraging the collectivity and your capacity insofar as you relate to other humans in a world where human history transforms the conditions of your lives, you are beginning from a more rational standpoint from which your perception of the world can be better aligned with reality.
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+In thinking of your actions in the context of species, you will choose to allow and compose them in the way which most affects your being, in a cycle of species which, as it spirals through world changing and world making effects, will provide the most cogent vehicle for allowing for greater forms of being.
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+### Imagine
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+Imagine what the world would look like if everyone were making an effort to realize that their social reality is more visible and its effects are more intelligently perceptible while affirming a context which includes others. There's a reason we have great aspirations and that we enjoy sharing our triumphs and miseries with one another - it's because you are being of the species that you are, and not of the many which come together for procreation and not much else.
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+Furthermore, if more people were living with the intention of recognizing the effects of their actions through their relations, it would mean that your own actions would be taken in and responded to in a way which enhances the effect of your actions. The more we experience this, the more we internalize an improved ability to detect when we've felt we've chosen the best actions.
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+### What's Missing
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+If there's something about the concept of Species Being which many people don't get (though, I would say that professors of philosophy who happen to lean towards agreeing with many of Marx's arguments (and perhaps even subscribing to, if not his solutions, or his projections, at least his desired endpoint), it's that people seem to believe there are many conceptions of collectivism and that the socialist utopia described by Marx is the one with which to associate Species Being. As though it's only in Marxism, its derivatives or the system of organization espoused by Marx (implied through negation, of course) that a participant would be doing so because they think the collective is legitimate by virtue of some idea that organizing life through the collective will permit people to live as they should.
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+The fact is, if you're compelling others to join up a system of organization which specifies the manner in which they are committed and accountable to the well-being of themselves and others, and binding this by enforcement through a legal punitive system, then nothing short of Species Being would stand as a reason beyond brute authoritarianism.
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 ## 2. Self-Proclamation
 
 - My social surroundings expect this of me
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 ### Framing for Bias
 
-The initiates who are taken into collectivist cult organization might be doing so because their immediate circumstances already cause them great existential despair, thus having put them in a state where they are susceptible to desiring some sort of stability in their lives. It might simply be the case that they need to associate with some other people because that provides the modicum of stability that improves the moment beyond their current level of angst.
+The initiates who are taken into organizations purposed for collectivist praxis through cult initiation might be doing so because their immediate circumstances already cause them great existential despair, thus having put them in a state where they are susceptible to desiring some sort of stability in their lives. It might simply be the case that they need to associate with some other people because that provides the modicum of stability; often enough, when people with ample negative emotion socialize, it's because it's hoped that, for them, it improves the moment and helps them move past their current level of angst.
 
 For those who already deal with a high level of negative emotion from which they rarely enjoy respite, it's not simply a case of them actively looking for environments or opportunities to join with politically focused or politically motivated organizations, but they may very well be looking for opportunities to socialize with others out of a need to subdue loneliness. Even in cases where one is deemed anti-social or even considers themselves as such, they may very well still have avenues through which to explore the opportunity for socialization, and this is especially true since the advent of gaming culture, social media, and communication over the internet in general, or even bulletin board systems (BBS) which were common enough before the internet became a widely accessed phenomenon (in fact, I was much more anti-social than those of my age and in my surroundings as I grew up, and I gravitated very much towards bulletin board systems (BBS) before ever having a chance to use the internet).