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Why communism leads to tyranny and why anarchism is leftist?
I predict that pretty much any cons that see this are just going to skip the text and comment, "BUT BUT, LEFT = MORE GOVERMENT AND RIGHT = LESS GOVERNMENT"
Without going into the social sphere (gay rights, abortion, torture) right and left ONLY refers to economics. Right is capitalism/individualism, where the means of production are owned by private individuals, and left is socialism/collectivism, where it is owned by the public via state or people.
Now, an important thing to understand is that the first leftists (communists, socialists, anarchists, syndicalists) all had the same goal. A stateless society where the workers own businesses collectively. The difference lies in how to achieve that goal, and how extreme.
The main reason why communism turn totalitarian is that power corrupts. Communists implement socialist policies and then don't want to give up power. Anarchism achieves what all of these other ideologies don't by simply rejecting state power.
Examples of anarchist socialist societies, Revolutionary Spain, anarchist Ukraine, Paris Commune. These societies didn't last because they were destroyed by fascists and communists. However, they WERE stable and were socialist. Workers owned all businesses collectively and determined their own wages. Help was also given to the poor.
Anarchism IS an ideology like communism, socialism, fascism are.
It has lot more baggage associated with it than just meaning no government. Anarchy means no rulers, as such, anarchists hate capitalism because it has hierarchy.
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- Anonymous6 years ago
Ok, so the only time this **** allegedly works is during an active shooting revolution, or what? Can't you see that this is unworkable in a community of any size?
"A stateless society where the workers own businesses collectively. The difference lies in how to achieve that goal, and how extreme. "
This is where you're deluding yourself, because you will never get there. You need a free exchange of goods and services if you're going to have as free a society as possible, this is basic and obvious. We want the same thing, allegedly, except you're just going to what, trade chickens? We just work for each other for fun because we're all warm and fuzzy as a society?
I want as small a government as possible while still being able to enforce real laws like harming others and damaging their property, I think government welfare should be illegal, charity only. You're right, I do reject your anarchism because it's clearly doomed to fail, quickly, and with violence.
- Philip HLv 76 years ago
How can anarchism be Anything?
It isn't Government!
A workable and logical Political Spectrum would have anarchism (no government) at one end and Total Government (tyranny) at the opposite end .
Then all with a brain would easily recognize the fact that all Tyrannies are the Same regardless of what you call them. The Only difference is the means they use to gain their excessive Power and their methods they use to maintain that Power.
Follow the Constitution and Limit the Power of Government.
