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This is one of the deeply problematic parts of the left, but I wouldn't say it's fundamental.
There's a whole load of anarcho-socialist thought around co-operatives, mutuals, and economic democracy, not just the obvious socially liberal views in today's left-wing.
All the paternalistic dictatorship of the proletariat stuff really needs to be left behind in the dustbin of history, and the left needs to revisit the solid arguments about human freedom and flourishing, over and above economic freedom, otherwise we're left with the moral void we're living through now.
believes in centralised and collective decision making
(Collective, yes, centralised 'paternalism' not so much — you don't need to believe in statism to be a socialist)
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Tbf this approach is fundamental to the left.
You can't be a libertarian who believes in centralised and collective decision making.