Today, I discovered the term “anarcho-communism.”
So today, I also discovered the biggest oxymoron yet.
Discussion
I've always wondered about this. If anarchy then who is managing the redistribution of resources?
Proponents would say that participants are voluntarily doing so for themselves.
But communism isn't just about redistribution of resources. It is about public (state) ownership of the means of production. That's not possible without government.
Not my place to defend it as I don't understand how it would truly work. But, a proponent would say you're defining "authoritarian communism", whereas their anarchist communism would have no ruler, and rather people would collectively own their production and resources.
I can understand this on a micro scale e.g. a single family household that shares everything. I can also understand it on basis of some magic hypothetical future where there is so much abundance that ownership of anything ceases to yield any benefits.
But yes, otherwise confusing
In theory, people might choose it, so its not exactly an oxymoron.
In practise, you can't run a sharehouse on those principles practised sincerely, much less a society.
Any functional Anarcho-Communist society more long-lived than a music festival will probably be like regular Communism, but Comrade Commissar is smoking weed and telling you how to gamify washing his dishes.
lol I like the way you put it
They'll tell you that anarchy is their word and movement and that the an-caps aren't real anarchists because there's still hierarchy.
Just like “communism was never really tried”
Right up there with "anarcho-syndiclism" worst fucking anarchists ever!
En un mundo de socialismo de grandes capitales nada podria sorprender