For context: The thread was about why people hate Hexbear and Lemmygrad instances

    • Cowbee@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What part of Communism is incompatible with Liberal Democracy?

      Why is Liberal Democracy the only acceptable form of Democracy?

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Communism requires a centralized control of the economy and thus is not liberal

        Liberal Democracy is the only form of government that rules by consent of the governed.

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Communism does not require centralized control of the economy, as it is Stateless

            You literally cannot distribute, and coordinate production of goods, to the extent Communism requires, without a centralized economy. You can have a centralized economy and no other state apparatus. I can’t imagine it succeeding, which is one of many reasons I’m not communist, but it is both necessary and theoretically possible. This is communist theory, not mine.

            2: syndicalism and communism are economic theories, not systems of government. The system of government you are implying is anarchism. Anarchists are fine (if, in my view, very optimistic in their understanding of how humans work) . The system of government the vast majority of communists want is not anarchism, and I would not ban anarchists, even if they’re communists. The world will never just descend to anarchy, so it’s all a moot discussion anyway. We’ve seen countries slip into authoritarian communism in current generations.

              • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                structures like worker councils, Authoritarianism isn’t required in the slightest.

                Those worker councils, to operate with any efficiency, will need a national council. To have any success whatsoever, this national council needs the authority to dictate what is made, where it is made, how much is made when, and where goods are to be shipped.

                That is authoritarianism.

                  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    Secondly, by your very same logical chain, Capitalism is more authoritarian, as only the state and the Bourgeoisie call the shots, rather than democratic control.

                    This sentence doesn’t make sense. Capitalism is an economic system. One can be capitalist and authoritarian, as is the case with fascism, or one can be totally and completely laissez-faire as a state policy in some sort of Objectivist hellstate. Liberal Democracy is what keeps those things from happening, as a competing system of government.

              • bastion@feddit.nlEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                You result to insults when it really isn’t necessary at all. Viewing this exchange, any validity you had in your arguments is strongly undermined by your character.

                  • bastion@feddit.nlEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Did you even read the thread of exchanges between you and SCB?

                    You escalated. Every time. He didn’t even match your escalation, he simply made more conversation.

                    At this point, you’re not just looking crude and needlessly aggressive, you’re looking unhinged.

                    Someone saying ‘communism doesn’t work’ is not a personal attack, even if they’re wrong. Get a grip.

                  • bastion@feddit.nlEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Did you even read thos thread of exchanges between you and SCB?

                    You escalated. Every time. He didn’t even match your escalation, he simply made more conversation.

                    At this point, you’re not just looking crude and needlessly aggressive, you’re looking unhinged.

                    Someone saying ‘communism doesn’t work’ is not a personal attack, even if they’re wrong. Get a grip.