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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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.