Post #2745590
2026-05-21 19:14 UTC
Sort of. Marx had the same concept of authority and dictatorship, in that they belong to classes, and therefore should belong to the working classes. The anarchist critique of authority presented by Anark doesn’t make it seem bad at all.
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@defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-21 21:38
The issue with using language such as “dictatorship” and “authoritarian” is those words have specific negative colloquial connotations. For example, one of the dictionary (Merriam-Webster) definitions of “authoritarian” is: of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people This definition specifies a singular “leader or an elite” and would be incompatible with a definition that includes rule by the proletariat. Similarly, here is one of Merriam-Webster’s definitions for “dictatorship”: a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique