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== Practicality ==
== Practicality ==
Main Article: [[Hierarchy and Complexity]]
[[Friedrich Engels]], writing in 1872, argued using the examples of a cotton mill, a railroad and a ship that authority is a necessary component of management, and that libertarian socialists, with their desire to eliminate authority, would destroy modern industry.<ref>[[Friedrich Engels]] (1872): [[On Authority (Engels)|On Authority]] - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm</ref>
[[Friedrich Engels]], writing in 1872, argued using the examples of a cotton mill, a railroad and a ship that authority is a necessary component of management, and that libertarian socialists, with their desire to eliminate authority, would destroy modern industry.<ref>[[Friedrich Engels]] (1872): [[On Authority (Engels)|On Authority]] - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm</ref>



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Criticism of Libertarian Socialism refers to the various critiques of libertarian socialist politics by critics of libertarian socialism.

Criticism of Democracy

One way to view libertarian socialism is that its the strongest expression of a desire to democratise almost every aspect of society, such as neighbourhoods, schools, housing and workplaces.

Practicality

Main Article: Hierarchy and Complexity

Friedrich Engels, writing in 1872, argued using the examples of a cotton mill, a railroad and a ship that authority is a necessary component of management, and that libertarian socialists, with their desire to eliminate authority, would destroy modern industry.[1]

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