Ghorakshanat said:
more difficult still to keep in precarious existence so long as individual man clings to his egoism as the primary motive of existence.
You have hit upon a very common theme among mans sins, egoism. Now I will ask, because of my next piece, does egoism equate to self-awareness or just self-centeredness? For this next piece, I am assuming the egoism delves into the realm of the self-centered Human.
It seems from my perspective within history that one Human believing themselves(being self, group, ideology) superior to all others(Human or otherwise) leads to oppression. By oppression I mean that which was defined by Freire as oppression, the replacement of an entities own will by another's will. So from my perspective it would follow that if oppression is elimination of self-will, then it is also incompatible with a society that wishes to maximize the fulfillment of every member. So then institutions that further or maintain oppression are also in opposition and incompatible with such a society.
Unfortunately such institutions are very abundant in our civilization; in many of the most pervasive institutions that effect us. Here are some basic thoughts on that:
Schooling - Probably one of the greatest victories of the Collectivist zeitgeist has been the global implementation of the schooling system. At every level, the will of students is dictated to them by a hierarchy of teachers, administrators, and 'curricula'. Most allowed expression of individual will is only permitted with equal forfeiture of their will in other regards. This could be expressed as submission to centralized sport league culture, restrictions and direction of art, academic study of directed content. Additional arguments of how schooling is oppressive can be found in Paulo Freire's "Pedagoguey of the Oppressed" and Ivan Illich's "Deschooling Society". Freire is a more philosophical text while Illich is more of a logician's text.
Religion - To start, this is not an indictment of all religion or its ideas. However it is an examination of how parts of religion relate to oppression. Much of it was inspired by YouTube videos of interviews with persons of all faiths. A lot of the world is concerned by the actions of the monotheistic community, so that is an interesting place to start. According to many monotheists, the Universe, the Earth, and all it entails belong to God. This God thus commands the will of all within these spheres. This seems natural and right under these belief systems. However there comes a time when God belongs to a group of people. So all these things that belong to God now belong to this group of people. This includes the will of creation and all its components. So as a result a situation emerges where this group's principles lead it to replace everyone else's will with their own. It seems that any belief system that gives God, or the God's, the natural right to be oppressive must itself encourage oppression to some degree. By the same token if Humanity raises itself to the level of supreme dominion, it must become oppressive to the rest of creation. So religions(including Atheism) that idolize oppressive entities are themselves contributing to oppression and incompatible with a free society.
Capitalism - The oppressive nature of capitalism in academic terms almost does not need stating. However even if it did, it has been stated very recently in this thread. The individual will of labor would not be exploitation by others. Also I will further contend that capitalism does not suggest who owns the capital, just that the world is sorted into classes of bourgeoisie, petite bourgeoisie, proletariat, lumpen-proletariat.