Socialism is not inherently authoritarian. Yes, 20th century socialism following Lenin’s example was. But it’s not inherent.

Socialism is about workers controlling economic production - at it’s core. That’s a democratic, anti-authoritarian idea.

Libertarian socialist like me are extremely salty at the leninists and others like them for giving the rest of us a bad name.

You’re gonna have to explain a little more about this because on its face I don’t see why I should read what a specialist in the philosophy of science has to say about an ideology based on a historical and sociological analysis of the world. They’re totally different spheres.

Plus, Marxism is not the entire left, and there’s a whole world of thought out there that very likely covers whatever issues you’re thinking of.

What’s the cross posting implementation? I’m not sure I’m getting what it is.

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I’d rather learn from Angela Davis, Marsha P Johnson, Judith Butler, and their peers than from whatever “radical centrism” is.