barracks communism

English

Etymology

Calque of German Kasernenkommunismus, coined by Karl Marx in reference to the workers' dormitories (not military barracks).

Noun

barracks communism (uncountable)

  1. A crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.
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