boof-chamber on Nostr: This explanation of mental illness, which is dialectical in nature, is the thorough ...

This explanation of mental illness, which is dialectical in nature, is the thorough one the SPK offers as a preferable alternative to the aforementioned explanation that reduces mental illness to the problems of individuals and their biology. Mental illness is the only mode of existence possible under capitalism, because it is the manifestation of the life negating properties of capitalism, which enslaves the power of human production, combats and severely limits the possibility of social change, and ultimately stands in the way of better lives for all mankind. Mental illness, being the product of such class relations, is the negation of human life, and along with it comes a great deal of painful stress. However, mental illness only exists because of the opposition of capitalism to the human will to life, therefore, mental illness must contain its opposite, a radical desire to live, and perhaps more importantly, to live free from capitalism. Mental illness as the SPK defines it is an enduring aspect of life for most people in the era of capitalism. That is because most people endure exploitation by the bourgeoisie, or various other forms of oppression that come from capitalism, such as sexism, racism, transphobia etc. But what of those who seem to have rid themselves of the symptoms of mental illness? On this question, the SPK had the following to say: