What communists, libertarians, and anarchists never seem to grasp is that their “end goal” would be a highly temporary state. Tribes will form. Somebody will start gathering power of one form or another, and then the cycle starts anew.
Yeah, for that reason I really struggle to imagine an actually stable communist state. It’s like balancing a top without spinning it, and even if you manage that, expecting that to be a permanent solution.
I wrap my head around that by thinking of communism as the limit of socialism. It doesn’t/can’t actually exist because greedy people will always exist to steal power from their neighbors, but a socialist society can approach it.
What communists, libertarians, and anarchists never seem to grasp is that their “end goal” would be a highly temporary state. Tribes will form. Somebody will start gathering power of one form or another, and then the cycle starts anew.
Yeah, for that reason I really struggle to imagine an actually stable communist state. It’s like balancing a top without spinning it, and even if you manage that, expecting that to be a permanent solution.
I wrap my head around that by thinking of communism as the limit of socialism. It doesn’t/can’t actually exist because greedy people will always exist to steal power from their neighbors, but a socialist society can approach it.