Left Unity Thread - Anarchocommunism

Fascism is violent repression of the working class movement, the violent repression of the reaction is still authority.

Authority =/= authoritarian. I would classify authoritarianism as the use of force that has the effect of restricting the personal freedom of the overall population, not enhancing it.

Its the purest form of leftism. Everyone else is right wing from their perspective.

It's actually a creative writing project that got out of hand and actually indoctrinated some odd people apparently. What a time to be alive.

Indeed, authority is essential in any social or professional organization, because humans don't posses telepathy and everyone thinks they're right.

marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm

The original claim is that ancom is stupid because one needs a state to fight reactionaries, not whether or not such a state fits your definition of authoritarian.

I'm not an anarchist, I don't think that any society can operate without force, since there will always be elements who refuse to accept the principles on which a particular society operates. I was just criticizing Engel's assertion that force is inherently authoritarian, since I see it not only as incorrect, but as a potential justification of actual authoritarianism which would defeat the purpose of a revolution. I can't tell you how many times I've seen tankies just shake off Soviet repression by hiding behind that Engels quote.

cool thread

I don't know why but there are a shitload of vegan and furry nazis out there, while we're at it