[ExI] communism/authoritarianism

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 5:23 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:56 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >> then show that the folks saying they're putting into practice are
> >> actually making that attempt
> >
> > How do you show this, when the people you are trying to convince make
> > an a priori claim that none of the folks who said they were putting it
> into
> > practice so far actually made that attempt?
>
> You have to judge for yourself and see what they mean by communism and
> whether it's just the usual stock answer.


Which is typically "a society they are in charge of" (notice the complete
absence of caring about wants beyond their own), but they refuse to admit
as much - often, even to themselves.


> But my issue here wouldn't
> be so much what they say. I want to investigate the idea itself. Why?
> Because it's quite possible its most prominent advocates simply don't
> know the fuck it means or how it might implemented.
>

You may well be correct.
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