Interpretation on the Overlaps of Libertarianism, Communitarianism and Radical Communism

The notion of communism being considered as a means of corruption of authoritarian power and acting as a theory of governance by which the supposed communitarian and anti-capitalist ethos supporting complete equality of opportunities and abolishing class, state and wealth overrides against this, as well as that communists are considered to be merely power hungry dictators, always surprises me especially considering that this completely opposes the original key principles of communism.

According to Engels' 1847 work, The Principles of Communism, communism is defined as "the doctrine for the liberation of the conditions of the proletariat", this definition thus clearly proving to emphasise the communitarian aspects of communism and support collective liberty as well as promoting the individual rights and freedoms of the people, particularly the supposedly oppressed proletarians (those who live to support their needs through the selling of their labour to be benefited from (or exploited) by the bourgeoisie reducing their relative influence in society, even appearing to in some ways present a imbalance in power and varying class dynamic between them and serfs (who sell their presence within the workplace as opposed to purely their labour) thus allowing for them to be somewhat oppressed to a lesser degree). This would, therefore, appear to go against the idea of communists setting out to run oppressive totalitarian and undemocratic dictatorships, with it also proving important to note that, considering no hierarchy and no ruling class or state should be present within a true communist society. These sentiments and ways of running a society also ironically appear to be far right in that they would preserve class, authoritarian power, and use and exploitation of the military often with views of nationalism, pro-colonialism and occupation of land, and the forming of military alliances as can be observed with supposedly communist nations such as Russia both in the past and present, and China and North Korea.

For this reason, while to many this would seem ironic considering the exploitation and abuse of communist ideals (aka what I consider to not be true communism and for authoritarianism and corruption of power to be impossible to achieve in this pure form of communism) to be completely opposite to this, I believe libertarianism (the support for individual liberty, community involvement of all classes, freedom of speech and expression, and equality of opportunities) and communitarianism (which also appears to be a by-product of libertarianism as it relates to an individual's liberty and integration and inclusion within a community) to go nicely hand in hand with communism's key principles thus proving for an inclusive and democratic society in which collective and individual liberty in support of the anti-class and non-hierarchical people-led communism to appear an effective model of society to implement so as to reduce corruption and promote people's rights.