Socialism nor communism are supposed to have any amount of totalitarianism…
Any organisations need some level of authority to maintain order. But if we are talking about totalitarianism which means controlling every aspects of individual lives including who to marry, how many kids to have, how should you plant crops, what to think, what to say etc., then that it is a problem that shouldn’t be tolerated.
Eh… debatable on “authority” being the required attribute. Responsibility is certainly a better word for what an ideal society would look like for many informed anarchists, as far as what many people think of as “authority” now.
Also, “authority” does not have to be something that is given without guard rails or time limits. The authority to arrest and imprison people can exist in a society without full time police, for example. No single person needs to be granted authority as a de facto thing.
I would be much more in favour of anarchism, but I think there needs to be a global wide cultural shift first to happen. Counterparts on the other side of the planet has to be on the same page first before anarchism would take root. But realistically, at the moment, there are far too many diverse expectations and values to allow mutual understanding. Talk to a Somali, Egyptian, Bolivian or Korean about anarchism and you would probably get a confused eyebrow raised on what it means, or even hostile response. I think the lines of communications and technology have to dramatically transform first, to allow organic cultural exchanges and mutual development towards anarchism.
Any organisations need some level of authority to maintain order. But if we are talking about totalitarianism which means controlling every aspects of individual lives including who to marry, how many kids to have, how should you plant crops, what to think, what to say etc., then that it is a problem that shouldn’t be tolerated.
Eh… debatable on “authority” being the required attribute. Responsibility is certainly a better word for what an ideal society would look like for many informed anarchists, as far as what many people think of as “authority” now.
Also, “authority” does not have to be something that is given without guard rails or time limits. The authority to arrest and imprison people can exist in a society without full time police, for example. No single person needs to be granted authority as a de facto thing.
I would be much more in favour of anarchism, but I think there needs to be a global wide cultural shift first to happen. Counterparts on the other side of the planet has to be on the same page first before anarchism would take root. But realistically, at the moment, there are far too many diverse expectations and values to allow mutual understanding. Talk to a Somali, Egyptian, Bolivian or Korean about anarchism and you would probably get a confused eyebrow raised on what it means, or even hostile response. I think the lines of communications and technology have to dramatically transform first, to allow organic cultural exchanges and mutual development towards anarchism.
Yea, far, FAR too many morons believe in the “virtues” of a “strong man” leader for actual anarchism to work in current day, sadly…