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minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI mean, I’m not disagreeing, that’s what I’m saying I trouble believing, a “socialist” authoritarian. And like you, I don’t really get how leftist values are remotely compatible with authoritarianism.
minus-squaredandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoA common starting place for trying to understand it would be reading: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm I’m not convinced by his argument, but it’s commonly pointed to and worth being familiar with. Either way, “left communism” ftw.
I mean, I’m not disagreeing, that’s what I’m saying I trouble believing, a “socialist” authoritarian.
And like you, I don’t really get how leftist values are remotely compatible with authoritarianism.
A common starting place for trying to understand it would be reading: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm
I’m not convinced by his argument, but it’s commonly pointed to and worth being familiar with.
Either way, “left communism” ftw.