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[–] ChanceHappening@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Again, you're projecting. That you see the word "authoritarian regime" and immediately feel victimized says a lot more about you than me. It's talking about all authoritarian regimes from Nazi Germany to Fascist USA to Terf Island and beyond. Anarchists saying authoritarian states haven't liberated people historically is not a personal attack on you.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's pretty clearly hinting at those who would use the state to uplift the working class, making way for the gradual withering of the state alongside class, ie Marxists. It also directly talks about centralization, ie collectivizing production in the hands of all of society, a distinctly Marxist viewpoint.

[–] ChanceHappening@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Central governments aren't the exclusive domain of Marxists. There's zero mention of using the state to uplift anyone. Holy moley the projection.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The bit about centralizing all power in a single authority is pretty much the standard punch against Marxists. Having a central government is different from centralizing all of production. Secondly, there's this part:

The centralization of power in a single authority not only undermines individual autonomy but also infantilizes the very individuals it purports to protect. By relegating people to a subordinate status as dependents of the state, these systems strip them of agency and responsibility, suggesting that ordinary workers are incapable of making their own decisions

What is this supposed to be attacking other than the notion that a proletarian state can be used to uplift the proletariat?