Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
I now think that socialism necessitates totalitarianism, because embedded in the philosophy is means of production for the communal need.
I think it's more fundamental than that even - embedded in socialism is the idea of people as a group; "society", but as someone once said, there's no such thing as society - there are individuals, and respect for the individual is at the root of the right to own stuff.