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Well, yes. Though I think you're conflating "communism" with "Marxism" here. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 27/08/2017 06:14:54 PM

Chomsky is an anarchosyndicalist, as I recall, and he's deeply suspicious of Marxist-Leninist modes of revolution. There are plenty of communists who reject the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The rest is you just not liking leftist ideology.

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