the-pi-guy said:
Communism is a type of system. It can range from authoritarian to libertarian. The similarity between the USSR and Nazi Germany is they were both incredibly authoritarian even though they were at opposite ends of liberal/conservative spectrum. Anarcho communism is the opposite of authoritarian. I don't know why you are quoting a guy who was the "minister of propaganda." That's not exactly a reliable source. |
That is where we disagree, I see anarcho-communism is inherently authoritarian, or at the very least it is incredibly naive to assume it can achieve its ends without rigid authoritarian control. Abolition of private property, direct democracy, etc. etc. Anarcho-communism assumes this will be done on a voluntary basis without any kind of compulsion or violent force? If you want to argue that, go ahead, but I think that the problem an anarcho-communist would have in debating anyone whehter it would be a capitalist such as myself or even just your run of the mill statist is a fundamental difference in an understanding of human nature. Anarcho-communists (from my understanding) seem to posit that humans can be made into angels that are purley selfless whereas I think the self-evident stance is that humans are inherently selfish and self serving (even if we ignore human behavior, biology seems to argue this to in propagation of genes).
Also, I was quoting him as an example of someone who should have a very good idea of what the nature of the Nazi idealogy was; not only a Nazi intellectual and prominent member of the Nazi party, but also someone very close to Hitler.
