Thoughts on anarchists? ( lemmygrad.ml )

Ronin_5 , 6 months ago

Anarcho-communists? Fairly close to ML. Every discussion I’ve had with one leads me to think that they’re Marxist but haven’t read Lenin.

Anarcho-capitalist? Clowns that need to be put on a small island to cannibalize each other. The ultimate expression of an-cap.

ghost_of_faso2 , 6 months ago

Dont get too bogged down in the anarchist/ML dialetic, its not actually that present in real life

In real life anarchists call themselves communists and communists call themselves anarchists, they both want the same thing, a stateless society; they just disagree on how to get there. Anchro-Communism is a completely valid and respectable approach, I dont follow it myself but they are closely alligned enough that any support is mutually beneficial.

Do be wary of the pseudo-anarchist, who is just in it for the aesthetics and hasnt read any theory. 'Red fash' is the biggest give away you're speaking to a liberal/fash in a black hoody. Anarchists who focus on collabartion, praxis and unity can be worked with, and they represent the vast majority.

You might think otherwise from talking online, but you need to remember anarchists actually doing shit irl arent spending there time calling MLs red fash online.

taiphlosion , 6 months ago

Why even be an anarchist when you can be an ML?

Please do tell how your so called autonomous anarchist commune is going to create complex and intricate things like supply chains without any sort of hierarchy?

They also have no plan, no solution for racism and I found this out not even a week after being an anarchist.

That being said I'm indifferent and I don't go out of my way to dunk on them for no reason, but the moment they hit me with that "authoritarian redfash" bullshit I remind them that there's never been a successful anarchist revolution ever and their ideology benefits the FBI cause they aren't even a threat.

Kieselguhr , 6 months ago

Please do tell how your so called autonomous anarchist commune is going to create complex and intricate things like supply chains without any sort of hierarchy?

I mean a democratically elected workers' council could work... but maybe all those councils from different sectors of the economy would need to be coordinated through another council... a sort of... central committee, perhaps? soviet-hmm

LarkinDePark , 6 months ago

Why even be an anarchist when you can be an ML?

Because you don't have to read anything or learn anything. Repeating "All states are bad" allows you to falsely equivalise and therefore support Western imperialism and oppression. It's a very safe space to be a smug liberal.

frauddogg , 6 months ago

Actually fun to hit the kickbacks with; anarchists do know how to party. When the actual work is in question, I'd say 'middlingly-useful in their actual communities; but that's about the size of it.' Anything macro scale in their belief system just whiffs of blatant idealism to me until capitalism has been eradicated in its entirety.