• genie@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I think there’s value in what you’re calling attention to.

    “Freedom” vs “domination” though has nothing to do with the left or right of a government (in theory). You’re actually referring to libertarianism vs authoritarianism, which is (again, in theory) independent from economic structure.

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      8 months ago

      @genie@lemmy.world I did not draw a dichotomy nor make a universal definition. I stated that the left is concerned with freedom from domination, which is undeniably true. What else do words like “equality” and “equity” mean? I did not state or suggest that this was the only concern, but it’s clearly an important one.

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        8 months ago

        I didn’t say that you did?

        I respectfully disagree that “the left is concerned with freedom from domination” is “undeniably true”. I think there’s a lot of room for debate here that you’re frankly not interested in.

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          8 months ago

          @genie@lemmy.world You don’t have any idea what I’m interested in.

          I am definitely not interested in being condescended to, that’s for sure, so bye.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      No. Capitalism, feudalism, monarchism, and so forth are built on domination, ie hierarchy, while leftist structures such as Socialism, Communism, and Anarchism advocate collective ownership so as to combat this.