Anarchism, History, Diversification

Regardless of the validity of Dialectical Materialism, Marxism surpasses most, if not all, of rival Modern social models by locating its version in an historical context.  Thus, while Proudhon's Direct Democracy might, in itself, constitute an extreme variety of a horizontal society, e. g. Egalitarianism, that interpretation potentially undergoes modification when, following Marxism, it is historicized, i. e. placed in the context of being preceded by the prevailing vertical models of the Medieval Era.  Now, one characterization of that modified interpretation is suggested by a main Anarchist criticism of Marxism--that it is too centralized.  So, if Proudhon values decentralization with respect to Marxism, then he must do so also with respect to any Theocracy, Monarchism, and Oligarchism, that precedes his model.  Thus, the latter can be more adequately conceived as reflecting an espousal of a diversification of power, and not merely one of Egalitarianism, which is only the product of an hypostasization of and abstraction from that dynamic historical pattern.