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RE: The Pragmatic Utopia of Extreme Decentralization
Interesting post, though I have to strongly disagree with the idea that authoritarians are seeking freedom, even for their own group. Rather, authoritarians have reduced the value of freedom for other virtues as they see it- solidarity, predictability, strength, conformity, and, most importantly to them, safety.
Thanks for the comment!
I agree these virtues at the end of the day are more important to authoritarians than true freedom, especially safety; if this wasn't the case they wouldn't be authoritarians. Although I do believe the desire for freedom is at the root of any social change or utopianism. For authoritarians it means having the freedom to rule over others and set values for others they believe are more important then freedom itself.
That's getting into positive vs negative freedom, which is its own whole cup of tea.