You’re linked a direct refutation on “anti-authouritarians” from Engels. Marx and Engels were criticized as “Authoritarian” by Anarchists of their era. Either Marx and Engels were Authoritarian in your eyes and thus not Leftists, or the Authoritarian argument itself is misplaced as a thought-terminating cliche as Engels points out, that avoids grappling with the Marxist theory of the State.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“Authoritarianism is when people want things, not when government exerts force!”
carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
You might wanna work on your reading comprehension if that is what you get from Engels text
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Are you saying that Marx and Engels weren’t Leftists?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not at all. They were wrong on certain things, which people like Stalin used to justify his own horrible stuff.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
You’re linked a direct refutation on “anti-authouritarians” from Engels. Marx and Engels were criticized as “Authoritarian” by Anarchists of their era. Either Marx and Engels were Authoritarian in your eyes and thus not Leftists, or the Authoritarian argument itself is misplaced as a thought-terminating cliche as Engels points out, that avoids grappling with the Marxist theory of the State.