Nevertheless the Culture was non-heirarchical right from the start. Also is "libertarian Marxism" very different from anarchism? Most anarchists are Marxists.

Nevertheless the Culture was non-heirarchical right from the start. Also is "libertarian Marxism" very different from anarchism? Most anarchists are Marxists. PS there is an argument that the sheer power of the Minds means that they essentially have had control over humans for a long time, and I am sympathetic to this. However, at least that control is not institutionalised.