Authoritarian communism is predicated on the contradictory idea that their government–which, being a state, is legitimized by its monopoly on violence–is able to accurately reflect the mechanics of dialectical materialism in its decision-making and attempts to serve the working class. I don’t believe those two things can work together. You are inherently restricting the revolution by deciding that certain groups are allowed to use force while others are not.

As an anti-authoritarian, this is way too oversimplified of a reason to be against authoritarianism. ‘Extremism’ is a practically meaningless word that tends to translate to “this person’s methods for enacting political change scare me, therefore they are Bad” and is usually used to incarcerate black and brown people who don’t perform acceptability for white people. If you genuinely consider yourself for collective liberation, I implore you to think with more nuance here. There are plenty of reasons to dislike tankies that aren’t just vague liberal sentiments