“All nature,” says Engels, “from the smallest thing to the biggest, from grains of sand to suns, from protista (the primary living cells — J. St.) to man, has its existence in eternal coming into being and going out of being, in a ceaseless flux, in unresting motion and change.”
Wait no thats not what protista is, right? Like that doesnt seem true.
Protista is a specific thing in 19th century biology and today and it is not “the primary living cell”. Its a type of eukaryote that is neither plant, fungus or animal. It is a sort of genetic midpoint with ill defined borders.
When Engels wrote this it was even more nebolously defined with various competing definitions, but I believe the most common was something akin to “something that is alive and isnt a plant or an animal”.
He’s basically saying from tiny insiginificant lifeforms to humans.
So basically, enshittification is dialectical. Fascinating.
Wait no thats not what protista is, right? Like that doesnt seem true.
Protista is a specific thing in 19th century biology and today and it is not “the primary living cell”. Its a type of eukaryote that is neither plant, fungus or animal. It is a sort of genetic midpoint with ill defined borders. When Engels wrote this it was even more nebolously defined with various competing definitions, but I believe the most common was something akin to “something that is alive and isnt a plant or an animal”.
He’s basically saying from tiny insiginificant lifeforms to humans.
Idk, you’re the doctor or something, tell Stalin that he was wrong.
I would but stalin wont answer my calls.
Dear Stalin, I wrote you, but you still ain’t callin’
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom
That seems like a dangerous proposition.