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HistoricalInstance t1_jdurnyr wrote

Reply to comment by whydoievenreply in As Cuba election day nears, some voters ask, 'why bother?' by Newgripper1221

Anarcho-syndicalism and communism are different things, though both equally nonsensical.

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whydoievenreply t1_jdv6cjm wrote

I never said they were the same thing. I highly doubt you have any reasonable argument for why anarcho syndicalism is nonsensical.

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HistoricalInstance t1_jdvaol9 wrote

It’s the same argument you see people make for anarcho-capitalism. Same issues, only that socialists are afraid of admitting that anarchy in general simply doesn’t work (on a scale that would represent modern countries).

First off, how do you prevent people from returning to a capitalist society, forming their own states or even ensure the core idea of equal distribution? What do you do when some start working more, produce desirable items and thus accumulate more wealth than others? As soon as you start using force to prevent these things, you’ve created a state and are back to square one.

Anarchy is only feasible amongst likeminded people, but the broader society is anything but likeminded. So the solution to this issue usually is “educating” the people (which doesn’t work, as Atatürk’s failed attempt of educating his country in liberal democracy demonstrated) or killing them (which I unironically saw being suggested here on Reddit), since that’s somehow “the lesser evil”?!

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whydoievenreply t1_jdx0mje wrote

>First off, how do you prevent people from returning to a capitalist society, forming their own states or even ensure the core idea of equal distribution?

By virtue of people having better lives. They won't want to go back to wage slavery.

>What do you do when some start working more, produce desirable items and thus accumulate more wealth than others?

Nothing. You are free to accumulate as much wealth as you want.

If these answers were not the ones you've expected, may I suggest for your own personal edification and intellectual nourishment to go and read as much as possible with regards to anarcho syndicalism.

You seem to be operating under a series of misconceptions.

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