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Karl Marx was actually a lot of things, and not all of them bad.

Libertarians and Anarchists coming from the Right tend to call all Authoritarian, Statist policies "Communist".

Libertarians and Anarchists coming from the Left tend to call all Authoritarian, Statist policies "Fascist".

If you're orange-pilling a Conservative, sure, go ahead and say "Communism!". If its a Liberal, say "Fascism!".

But among people who already agree on freedom, those terms cast more heat than light
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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 2y ago

To tag on just a bit, both socialists and ancap libertarians see the same problem of State-Corporate collusion. The former seek to solve it by eliminating corporations (private property) and the latter seek to solve it by eliminating the State. The difference is that the ancaps have an economic philosophy that is actually workable, and the socialists do not.

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Low Information Voter 2y ago

"A little yes", as my old boss used to say.

I'd put it rather that Socialism subordinates corporate property rights to political power, Neoliberalism subordinates political power to corporate property rights, Fascism is an equal merger, and Anarchism seeks to kill both of them with fire.

AnCaps expect to maintain property rights (including corporations) without the State.

AnComms want the State, but without property. Minarchists want property, but with a bonsai version of the State that can't escape its tub.

Each of these has worked at least once somewhere, some time. Whether we can establish and maintain one under any of various modern circumstances is a work-in-progress.