Eldritch , 3 months ago

ML is not “communism”. But even ML have a bit of a spectrum. The problem with ML, and hence why there tends to be similarities with the US. Is that they are authoritarian first. Anything else at their convenience.

On the anarcho communist side. There wouldn’t be large sweeping systems of safety nets. Though most communities would take care of their own. And support others to do so. The libertarian Marxist or libertarian socialists would be okay with A small basic system because it’s necessary for maximizing freedom. Housing, food and healthcare etc. The mistake is considering countries like the former USSR, North Korea or China as being actually communist. Even if they start out with good intentions. Power corrupts and absolute centralized power corrupts absolutely.