That's right. Engels wrote it as a response to other socialists' criticism of Marxism as authoritarian and his main point is basically that you can't aim to reorganize human society without a way to force change on everyone whether they want it or not.
More generally than that, he was arguing that the necessity of authority doesn't come from any set of ideals but from material conditions. "The hours of the working day are fixed by the authority of the steam engine" and whatnot.
That's right. Engels wrote it as a response to other socialists' criticism of Marxism as authoritarian and his main point is basically that you can't aim to reorganize human society without a way to force change on everyone whether they want it or not.
More generally than that, he was arguing that the necessity of authority doesn't come from any set of ideals but from material conditions. "The hours of the working day are fixed by the authority of the steam engine" and whatnot.
Ty comrade!