I really dislike most arguments about what constitutes human nature. Not just the capitalist ones, but the leftist ones too. At best it works as an internal model, but it isn't helpful when it comes to arguing/convincing others. Most of us already have a liberal, axiomatic idea of human nature pushed on us, and leftist attempts at changing that come down to "look, this axiom is better", usually with some pretty weak justifications.
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If you want to actually make someone consider different ideas, you have to keep their preconceptions in mind. Just saying "human nature is actually this different thing" doesn't work one bit. The entire point of Marx's project was using the axioms economists had come up with to show how they lead to contradictions. He didn't just make up some different system, which is what a lot of people end up doing when talking about human nature.