This is a very weird way of responding to me, either unblock me and respond, or don’t respond at all, IMO. Either way, I’ll address your new points.
As for it being a good thing if the proletariat is in control, your assertion that this isn’t materialist because it means we are depending on people with the “right ideas” is fundamentally wrong. This is like saying violence against Nazis and violence from Nazis are equivalent. Going off of Anark’s definition, the proletariat monopolizing power in their hands is unambiguously a good thing and a necessary step forward.
As for the idea that administration is a class in and of itself, this is not a materialist stance. Classes are not simply job categories, managers are proletarian too. Government officials earning wages are not a class, but instead proletarians. Their class goal remains the same as the rest of the proletariat, collectivize all production and distribution. Claiming that they are a class is not based on what actually determines class, but instead a conflation of hierarchy with class, which is an entirely different subject altogether.
As for the semantic terms being loaded, I don’t really think it matters as far as we are trying to get definitions across. However, subjectivist tactics of labeling concepts you disagree with with scary sounding words does impact how people react to said terms. Pointing out the subjectivist labeling isn’t really an argument against the terms, but instead against the intentions of the author. Considering Anark is a frequent abuser of Marxist theory, it makes sense for us to be skeptical of Anark’s claims.
This is a very weird way of responding to me, either unblock me and respond, or don’t respond at all, IMO. Either way, I’ll address your new points.
As for it being a good thing if the proletariat is in control, your assertion that this isn’t materialist because it means we are depending on people with the “right ideas” is fundamentally wrong. This is like saying violence against Nazis and violence from Nazis are equivalent. Going off of Anark’s definition, the proletariat monopolizing power in their hands is unambiguously a good thing and a necessary step forward.
As for the idea that administration is a class in and of itself, this is not a materialist stance. Classes are not simply job categories, managers are proletarian too. Government officials earning wages are not a class, but instead proletarians. Their class goal remains the same as the rest of the proletariat, collectivize all production and distribution. Claiming that they are a class is not based on what actually determines class, but instead a conflation of hierarchy with class, which is an entirely different subject altogether.
As for the semantic terms being loaded, I don’t really think it matters as far as we are trying to get definitions across. However, subjectivist tactics of labeling concepts you disagree with with scary sounding words does impact how people react to said terms. Pointing out the subjectivist labeling isn’t really an argument against the terms, but instead against the intentions of the author. Considering Anark is a frequent abuser of Marxist theory, it makes sense for us to be skeptical of Anark’s claims.