Comment on Communism
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week agoThis isn’t correct, at least not with respect to Marxism. The Marxist theory of the State is not the same as the Anarchist theory of the State, Marxists see it as an instrument of Class oppression and Anarchists see it as an institution of hierarchy and a monopoly on violence. This means for Marxists, a fully publicly owned, centrally planned world republic is “stateless” as there are no classes, while for Anarchists it would look more like a horizontal spiderweb network of communes.
MITM0@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ok so who “plans” then ? Marxists man😅😂
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Central Planners, elected officials, managers, etc. Similar to how it is done in the government already in Capitalist nations like the Post Office. Communism would have a government, just not a “state” as Marx outlined it.
MITM0@lemmy.world 1 week ago
But it’s state-like
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
In the colloquial sense, yes, hence the widespread misundertanding of Marxism among those who haven’t read him. For Marx, though, organization and hierarchy aren’t a problem in classless society, and are rather essential tools to provide for all.
TheOtherThyme@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Power always corrupts.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
That’s the Anarchist critique of Marxism in its barest and simplest form, to be sure. I don’t generally agree with this, though, such a statement ignores material democratic structures and methods of ensuring accountability.