Anark does (in my view) a well-cited and very polite refutation of Socialism4All’s response to one of his off-the-cuff videos, and a vastly more polite response to BadEmpanada than he deserves.
Anark does (in my view) a well-cited and very polite refutation of Socialism4All’s response to one of his off-the-cuff videos, and a vastly more polite response to BadEmpanada than he deserves.
I am not ignorant I am unconvinced, I have read bookchin, graeber, gelderloos, C Scott, anarchists against the wall, the breadbook, and a few books about the Spanish civil war. You’ve presumably read marx and not found his arguments about historical materialism convincing. You can engage with stuff and not adopt it wholeheartedly or be convinced of the positions.
The CNTFAI was quite remarkable but it still failed and hasn’t successfully been replicated. It also built extensively on top of catalan identity and practices that aren’t widespread and created a culture of solidarity that is distressingly rare. It was also a very different world.
If I had existed between 1800 and like ww2 I almost certainly would have been entirely convinced of the anarchist position. In the modern world and looking at what has shaken out I am just not.
Fair enough, I feel like I’m becoming the kind of condescending person I despise 💀
Just try keep in mind we’re all here because we’re interested in how to actually accomplish a post capitalist world. We learn by engaging with all information and trying to synthesis a correct way forward. The world keeps changing and ideologies must keep pace.
I think commies who dogmatically reject anarchist ideas and critiques are as foolish as anarchists doing the inverse. Perhaps moreso since anarchist tendancies are demonstrably part of the human condition and history.
It’s easy to get your hackles up when the inbox goes wild, especially when some people are rude. That doesn’t mean everyone disagreeing with you is an ornery wanker though.