I am well aware that many people, especially libertarians, absolutely disdain the very concept of government and how, past and present, people blindly and religiously worship and serve government. Believe me, in many ways, I myself am consumed with utter disdain for the state and what it does.
I also understand that people are extremely alert for any signs of Marxism, especially the sicknesses that led to the Soviet Union, Maoist China, and others. I am sympathetic, though I lost A LOT of tolerance and patience for this attitude, largely because of though the sheer paranoia, social destruction, and lack of progress caused by rabid anti-communist impulse.
But what all of these folks share is a common and severe lack of a crucial understanding:
Human cooperation, social services, collective action, and the very concepts of compassion and unity are NOT the same as the evils of statism and totalitarian dystopia! Those values don't LEAD to those nightmares; when utilized en masse, responsibly, and effectively, those values PREVENT them! They are NOT negative things at all! They are in fact extremely POSITIVE AND NECESSARY things!
So knock it off with the demonization of any type of action for the collective good and for as many human beings as possible!
Furthermore, know this: by dismissing any form of large-scale cooperation and humane, compassionate solutions as "statism" or "Marxism", you are playing right into the hands of the biggest religion and cause of death and destruction of all: the free market. This form of economic and social order has existed in one form or another since the Neolithic Revolution. It is a completely self-referencing pattern of abysmal logic and zero relevance to our modern world that is little more than glorified Social Darwinism.
When you are making the exact same arguments and vilifying the exact same things that neoliberals like Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys do, you know you need to re-evaluate whether you're on the right side...
