So the tens of millions of people that died under communism were all landlords? Wow, what are the chances of that

@Gigan @Grayox
No one died under communism because communism has never been achieved in the modern world. People died under state capitalist and state socialist authoritarian governments that people mislabel as communist because they don't know what communism is.

@Dave_von_S @Gigan @Grayox
A Libertarian communist society could prevent the drive towards totalitarianism through several mechanisms, such as the implementation of decentralized and horizontal decision-making and direct democracy, and creating mechanisms of transparency within those systems to prevent those with any kind of authority from abusing their power.

@Dave_von_S @Gigan @Grayox
Creating cultural and educational initiatives that promote critical thinking and collective solidarity would also help prevent authoritarian tendencies from popping up.

@Radical_EgoCom @Gigan @Grayox history has plenty of examples of societies that worked for decades or centuries, only to be wrecked by human greed in the end (Mayas, Venice, and even capitalism I guess). I’m not convinced we can contain greed enough to prevent it with the mechanisms you mention. Especially the direct democracy and transparency sounds nice on paper, but in reality will make every system highly ineffective. History shows a clear correlation between the growth of a society and the presence of bureaucracy. That’s also immediately a problem, because that automatically provides a path to power grabs. Decentralizing all bureaucracy to the people will quickly stop any society from advancing as the burden will grow exponentially to the point where no decisions can be made anymore.

@Dave_von_S @Gigan @Grayox
True decentralization, where power is distributed equally among individuals and communities, is the most effective way to ensure democratic decision-making. Centralized systems inherently perpetuate hierarchy and oppression, regardless of any perceived efficiency gains. Decentralized structures like worker cooperatives combined with maximizing democratic participation would overshadow any concerns about inefficiencies because empowerment of the people would lead to...

@Dave_von_S @Gigan @Grayox
...more effective and just outcomes in the long run.

@Radical_EgoCom @Gigan @Grayox yeah, I see that work on a small scale, but not at the scale of a country and you want/need to have some basics in place regarding regulation