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You state: "and probably some kind of communist (like me)" The page also quotes: " Then came the definition from Corey Robin's "The Reactionary Mind": to be o
by cat199 6y ago
You state: "and probably some kind of communist (like me)"
The page also quotes:
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Then came the definition from Corey Robin's "The Reactionary Mind": to be on the right is to believe that some of us were ordained to rule and the rest to be ruled over, and that the world is only right when the correct rulers are enthroned.
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as well as:
"Today, I learned a new definition, courtesy of John Holbo: "Conservatism says the law protects in-group members without binding them; while binding out-group members, not protecting them."
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Not sure which kind of communist you are proposing, but these definitions both would both make any form of vanguardist ideology (inc. marxism, anarcho communism, etc) or ends-justify-the-means ideology inherently 'right'.
- kordlessagain 6y ago> Doctorow began selling fiction when he was 17 years old The point about the "ordained to rule" and choice to be "ruled over" reminded me of Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
- TaylorAlexander 6y agoAnarcho communism is not a vanguardist ideology... Marxist analysis is useful without any notion of a vanguard party, which I feel was a failed idea. Of course there have always been anarchists and marxists who disagreed with the vanguard party idea, but they were suppressed by the authoritarians and famously executed in many cases. I don't think Cory Doctorow is a vanguardist and neither am I. We often view those on the right as beliving they should rule over us through acquisition of wealth and subsequent control of the means of production. I don't think it makes sense for billionaires to control our world, which I view as a form of "rule". When I say I am an anarcho communist, I mean things like: we should make more of the world like wikipedia, and roll back draconian intellectual property restrictions. I do not think I should run an army full of people with guns to control your town. Nor does Doctrow from what I know. I have seen people on leftist subreddits who do think that, but then that's internet comments for you.
- historicalweave 6y agoAren't you then the ones making the rules? "Rolling back draconian intellectual property laws" means the world has to accept your vision of intellectual property, and I assume that's true of whatever other changes you envision as well. What if people disagree with your vision?