Local militias have no effective controls, oversight, or restrictions on them. In all cases this leads to greater corruption and the use of militias to enforce vendettas. Look to all of the ungoverned spaces in the middle east and north Africa for examples.
Thank you for engaging with my post in a sincere way. This is definitely a fair concern, though there are ways to mitigate against that, which are discussed in the video.
I'll give you credit for being ballsy enough to push communist you tube channels in this corner of the internet though.
Thanks. I'm pretty pissed off right now, though, because the mods deleted my post. I thought this was a gun rights forum, and as long as a post is relevant to and supportive of that, it would be welcome even if not popular. It shouldn't be censored because political sectarianism. What a shame. The right criticizes the left for restricting free speech yet it seems either side is just as likely to do it when it suits them. Though I realize this was the actions of an individual moderator and I shouldn't hold it against the people of this forum as a whole.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just disappointed. I don't like to restrict myself to a political bubble or echo chamber and I wish more people felt this way.
Anyways, did you watch the video? I'd love to hear your take on it.
Where does that leave someone like me, who is both communist and libertarian?
I did try and give the video a try, but it is intellectually dishonest and scripted for the pro communist argument to win.
I'm a bit confused why you think this. The debate was about pro abolition vs. anti abolition, not pro or anti communism. It's clear there is an anti-capitalist bias but the debate was focused on what to do about the police, not what to do about capitalism.
Anarchist Communism is an oxymoron and a pipe dream. If you believe that a system of government can be created in which people will willingly be taxed sufficiently to provide a communist utopia under anything but the threat of violence you still have much to learn about human nature.
This is a misunderstanding of anarchist communism. There is no taxation and no state in anarchist communism.
But in the meantime this conversation has dead ended.
You're probably right about the dead-end, but if you're an Orwell fan, I highly recommend Homage to Catalonia. His memoir of going to Spain as a volunteer militiaman in the Spanish civil war. Likely his best work. His experiences in Spain played an important role in shaping his political views and his books 1984 and Animal Farm.
Thank you for engaging with my post in a sincere way. This is definitely a fair concern, though there are ways to mitigate against that, which are discussed in the video.
Thanks. I'm pretty pissed off right now, though, because the mods deleted my post. I thought this was a gun rights forum, and as long as a post is relevant to and supportive of that, it would be welcome even if not popular. It shouldn't be censored because political sectarianism. What a shame. The right criticizes the left for restricting free speech yet it seems either side is just as likely to do it when it suits them. Though I realize this was the actions of an individual moderator and I shouldn't hold it against the people of this forum as a whole.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just disappointed. I don't like to restrict myself to a political bubble or echo chamber and I wish more people felt this way.
Anyways, did you watch the video? I'd love to hear your take on it.
Where does that leave someone like me, who is both communist and libertarian?
I'm a bit confused why you think this. The debate was about pro abolition vs. anti abolition, not pro or anti communism. It's clear there is an anti-capitalist bias but the debate was focused on what to do about the police, not what to do about capitalism.
This is a misunderstanding of anarchist communism. There is no taxation and no state in anarchist communism.
You're probably right about the dead-end, but if you're an Orwell fan, I highly recommend Homage to Catalonia. His memoir of going to Spain as a volunteer militiaman in the Spanish civil war. Likely his best work. His experiences in Spain played an important role in shaping his political views and his books 1984 and Animal Farm.
Free PDF copy here https://libcom.org/files/Homage%20to%20Catalonia%20-%20George%20Orwell.pdf