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The way I see it, there's 3 ways to interpret human interactions. Very generalized and simplistic overview:
Realists believe that humans act on self-interest and the pursuit of power/wealth/dominance. This is essentially the human-nature-is-bad camp. Realists believe that world peace and prosperity can be achieved if there's a balance of powers, where if one individual attempts to dominate the others, the others will band together to stop the dominator, as it is in their self-interest. Example: the way Europeans carved the world after the Napoleonic Wars. Also, the Cold War.
Idealists believe that humans act on mutual interests based on ethics and morality. This is the human-nature-is-good camp. Idealists believe that world peace and prosperity can be achieved if everyone is an idealist and preferably liberal. Example: US foreign policy focused on enforcing US ideology/hegemony all over the world through economic and military power.
These two worldviews have dominated politics for most of history.
We'll put. I'll only add that this,
is because they're compelled to do so by the logic of capital. And abolishing class society, at this stage in history, goes hand in hand with abolishing capitalism and it's vampiric logic.