I do agree that countries do tend towards being more statist, and if we define government as the system which governs a state or community, then an anarcho-communist society would still have a government. The difference is that the community take charge in governing itself in a democratic way...
The entire point of communism is the worker control of the means of the production, essentially the democratization of the economy. How does the government owning the means of production rather than the workers sound like communism? Also as I have said, there have been many societies structured...
Revolutionary Catalonia - Wikipedia
This is what I was talking about. Modern Catalonia, unfortunately, is not as radical as it once was.
Well if you want my thoughts on those countries, I’d say they’re communist in name only, more state capitalists than anything. They transferred control of...
I’m referencing actual large scale societies, not just communes. The Zapatistas control an area larger than Djibouti, makhnovia occupied all of what is now Ukraine, Catalonia is bigger than Belgium, and rojava has more territory than Slovakia. To reduce them to just communes does no service to...
It’s not just theory though, this has been implemented at many points. One can look towards CNT-controlled Catalonia, KPAM in Korea, rojava, the Zapatistas, Makhnovia, the Paris commune, and more. They all function(ed) as stateless societies based on mutual aid and worker control of production...
There... wouldn’t be a ruling class at all. The workers themselves would own the means of production, not some higher ruling class. It’s a democratization of the economy, there’s no need for some hierarchy to help manage it.
I think I’m about as far from authoritarian as one could be. I mean I’m an anarcho-communist, I’m not sure I could be more against authoritarianism. :tearsofjoy:
While his work towards decolonization and resistance against imperialism is commendable, upon further inspection he has shown himself to be nothing but a state capitalist and authoritarian. A comrade is a comrade though, at the end of the day. May he rest in power.
I feel like much of the problems with socialism as it’s been tried is that it ignores the original intent of marx and gives the means of production not to the people, but to the state. A third way isn’t necessary, we just need to realize that giving the means of production to the workers means...
I think that class struggle is a factor of politics, but it’s too reductionary to fully stand on its own. The class struggle, racial divides, gender imbalances, these are all systems of hierarchy which put certain people in greater positions of power than others, creating power imbalances. This...
Lucifer is as real as you or I. He is the one and all, the horned god, the snake of Eden, the light bringer, the fallen angel. He is manifold, appearing with many names and many faces. He is freedom, he is knowledge, he is love. Unlike the tyrant Yahweh, that loathsome demiurge, Lucifer...