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centralized state power tends towards authoritarianism, shocking. certainly not a compelling defense of capitalism though.
by phry 8y ago
centralized state power tends towards authoritarianism, shocking. certainly not a compelling defense of capitalism though.
- extralego 8y agoPeople tend towards authoritarianism. Our tendencies toward finding heirarchies and joining them is essentially an evolved organizational strategy. Communism was an early attempt at flattening it.
- phry 8y ago> people tend towards authoritarianism points like this read like pure lickspittle to me when considering the many varied forms of communal life that had to be exterminated through massive amounts of violence in order to establish a basis of capital.