In my wanderings around politics I’ve come across many concepts. I can understand how many are theoretically meant to work and why.
I can understand the appeal of totalitarianism (and oppose it all the more because of that).
I have a rough idea how anarcho-capitalism might work, the same with mutualism and other individualist anarchism. I see the theory of socialism at a state and a voluntary level.
Everything I’ve come across makes some sort of sense with the exception of socialist or collectivist anarchy.
That is something I simply do not understand. How will it succeed in removal of the state? I do know one collectivist anarchist, but he’s arrogant and obviously deems my inability to understand a sign that I’m not worthy to have it explained to me.
So, how on earth does it work in theory? Is it really based on a naive view of humans as all lovely and cooperative beings who will all voluntarily put the collective above themselves despite all evidence to the contrary?
When I look at collectivist anarchy I see the replacement of one state with another (one coercive body with another) differentiated by the people in charge.
So can anyone out there explain where I’m going wrong? (Or if I’m right…)
