Schizophrenia and Plato

[sodapopinski51]

Jacques Ranciere outlines Plato's critique of democracy in a book written in 1995 entitled, On the Shores of Politics. Plato's critique of democracy resembles D&G's analysis in the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia... Plato's critique of democracy also resembles Marx's vision of communism (as I understand it from The German Ideology....

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[sodapopinski51]

I think you are absolutely correct. Anarchy is so close to communism that it is only the picayune intellectual who knows the difference. For me the difference between the anarchist and the communist has to do with whether or not to smash the state immediately or at some point in the future. Which brings us back to the initial question of whether or not a "Disciplinary Power Apparatus" is necessary to create a communist society. I think a communist would say, "Yes" we need a transition period. An anarchist would say, "No" a revolution is all the prep-time needed to build a better society.

To build on your points, I think spread desire is realized in capitalism as an extension of commodity fetishism. Like I said initially, we have 20 types of toothpaste to choose from at the grocery store. Yet it is difficult to actually become a "hunter in the afternoon, a critic in the evening, etc" because we are so enmeshed in consumer values. Let's face it, in capitalism it takes money to do these things.