Why is barbarism the only logical alternative? One could imagine a totalitarian society that was peaceful and orderly--not strictly "barbaric" but not free in a democratic sense either. In fact, peaceful totalitarianism may even be a closer approximation of our own "Actually existing" society.
> The inevitable end of capitalism is not quite the
> same as the "inevitable" arrival of socialism, which is _necessary_ only
> in the sense that the alternative to it is growing barbarism.
> Carrol
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