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There is no need to argue for or against copyright when copyright itself is useless.
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It had been demonstrated quite clearly that copyright is a very effective means of encouraging creation. Those books that you want to read wouldn't be there if it wasn't for copyright. Authors have to eat, they need clothes to wear, they need somewhere to live. If they can't make a living selling their books, they have to make a living some other way. Even if they were to continue writing as a hobby, they would have much less time available for writing. With less time available for writing, they will write less books. Therefore, eliminating copyright means less books, particularly from those authors most in demand, as these are the most likely to be able to dedicate themselves to writing full time.
And the book commissar idea is absolute nonsense. You could have some dictator choosing what books get approved, but dictators always make very bad choices in such matters, and choose what is in the dictator's interest, not in the readers' interests.