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    A socialism achieved through permanent terror cannot inst... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The Bolshevik program must be rejected despite the desirability of socialism

    A socialism achieved through permanent terror cannot instantiate the cooperative social relations that constitute socialism's normative core.

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    • 1.Cooperation requires participants to trust each other and act from mutual concern, not coercion or fear of punishment.
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    • 2.Permanent terror creates incentives for self-preservation and conformity, which are psychologically incompatible with genuine cooperation.
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    • 3.Socialism's normative justification depends on enabling human flourishing; terror systematically prevents this.
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    • 1.Cooperative relations might emerge *after* terror ends, once institutional foundations are consolidated and terror becomes unnecessary.
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    • 2.The claim assumes 'permanent' terror—but systems claiming socialist goals may view terror as temporary transition, not the final form.
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    • 3.Some cooperative behaviors (collective work, resource-sharing) can functionally occur under coercion without requiring participants' willing agreement.
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