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how communism is presented and held en mass today seems to be as a bunch of people hating richness. how libertarianism is presented and held en mass seems to be
by cyphunk 11y ago
how communism is presented and held en mass today seems to be as a bunch of people hating richness. how libertarianism is presented and held en mass seems to be people that hate non-trivial social demands that are created by any central authority. neither represent the actual theories or meaning behind communism or libertarianism.
if one assumes a purist theory of communism (something more akin to unionism) and an impure version of libertarianism (something closer to market neo-liberalism) -- then the article rings out. In any other combination the point of the article becomes debatable.
while I understanding that both communist and libertarian theories were about a lot more than being a grumpy white man, attempts to closely tie modern era decentralization movements to these nearly antiquated theories feels at many times to be a thing white men do to justify their grumpiness. The article didn't go there (it carefully only uses the word "communistically") but much of the discussion on the article does.