Considering that anarchists very frequently take pro-colonialist positions (for example, with regards to Korea, Libya, Iraq, Vietnam, even Palestine) and have plenty of other awful takes, the meme appears to be quite wrong.
FWIW there is a history of decolonial anarchists in Korea that resisted the Japanese occupation
https://files.libcom.org/files/1894-1931 Anarchism in Korea.pdf
https://hexbear.net/post/1330923?scrollToComments=false
https://hexbear.net/post/168769?scrollToComments=falseWould be cool if the Western left was more familiar with these histories instead of painting with a broad brush. Moralizing is easy when you use orientalism and do away with the nuances of the revolutionary projects you dislike.
Would be cool if the Western left was more familiar with these histories instead of painting with a broad brush. Moralizing is easy when you use orientalism and do away with the nuances of the revolutionary projects you dislike.
Not sure if you are trying to imply that I’m a westerner, or that I am against genuinely anti-colonial projects organised/headed by anarchists. I hope that you do not conflate my criticism of anarchists often (but not always) taking the side of the imperial core’s invasions, genocides, and other assorted colonial horrors with claiming that anarchists can never oppose colonialism.
No I’m with you, I mostly mean that the kinds of leftists on Lemmy and Reddit paint Koreans as brainless insects that just followed with “muh authoritarianism” instead of actually learning about the history of resistance to colonialism.
my favorite anarchist is my sous chef who thinks “china is a bad actor” and who shut me up the last time I tried to illustrate the ridiculousness of anti China propaganda by showing her an article blaming China for not doing enough about climate change. She asked “DON’T YOU THINK YOU’RE GETTING EXPOSED TO PROPAGANDA” as if the ANTI CHINA article in THE GUARDIAN was somehow pro china paid for by china
Ew authoritarianism.
Assuming you believe that anarchists should organize: what prevents anyone from calling your (or any given) anarchist group, “authoritarian”?
Because this is a very common slur that’s not only wielded by reactionaries against anarchist groups, but even from other anarchist groupings when they want to demonize each other.
Quick question: if you believe in Anarchism, how can it be achieved without authoritarian means?
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I love completely unsourced orientalism
Orientalism in your comment aside, Xi Jinping is overwhelmingly supported, why do you say he’s a bad actor?
and other inane nonsense you can pull out of your ass
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Compared to trump its delusion light
Whats the difference between an Anarchist and a Libertarian?
Small l libertarians? Almost nothing. Joseph Dejacque, the person who coined the term is generally considered anarcho-communist. And criminally unknown.
Big L Libertarians are just cosplayers. If you advocate against big government but not big businesses. Are you really libertarian? No. They hold the disproven belief that the market will regulate itself in absence of government. Government got into regulation of business because they didn’t and can’t. They both metastasize into calcified structures of power focused on maintaining themselves. Over the good of the people.
Anarchists believe in no hierarchies while Libertarians believe in no governments but see no issues with power imbalances between people is the basic difference.
Libertarians have money.
In all this “left, right, middle, half-left but with a sprinkle of right and a cherry on top” debate I keep wondering why nobody ever mentions humanism anymore.
I wish that downvoter would have explained their problem with humanism instead of just downvoting.
In their absence: what do you like most about humanism? What’s the one true humanist religion, Unitarian Universalism or Satanism?
The same anarchists that are willing to side with capitalists over other leftists?
What
Um who you referring to bb?
I was reading through the anarchist faq here to learn more and it left a bad impression
Authoritarianism can be a deciding factor. Anarchist are very against it. So when it comes to groups that supposedly share the same economic ideology but have different goals. Anarchists have found themselves othered and slaughtered. Sometimes people can have the same goals but different ideas about how to get there. And still respect eachother. I would ally with anyone who values consent over those that do not.
Sounds like you think ancaps value consent? Wild
No, they’re just cosplaying capitalists. There’s literally no difference between them and capitalists. No daylight.
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I have at least a little love for everyone, but I have lots of love for anarchists because
ANARCHISTS ARE VEGAN!!!
Leftists in general are going to have more vegans than nons, but we’re still a minority in them, whether its an anarchist or marxist group.
One of the most virulent anti-vegans I met was an anarchist, who thought that dictating their food choices offended their “autonomy.”
Some are
I’m sure many are vegan but I actually read this recently
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-veganism-why-not
Likewise, fighting the exploitation of animals and veganism are not the same thing, and the question of whether the latter is useful for the former is also necessary to debate.
“Is not killing their babies really necessary to stop exploitation 🤔”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
carnists really are something
edit: would reeaallly love to hear the downvoters reasoning, like how do you square animal liberation and the slaughter necessary for sustained egg and milk production?
That text is very confusing. Many sentences contradict the previous one, and contains multiple ideas that are opposite to anarchism.
So much strawmaning! “There’s no such thing as vegan ideology so I get to define veganism as is convenient for me.” Gimme a break.
The rate at which veganism is being promoted by hipsters, NGOs, and—increasingly—businesses, leaves no room for doubt that capitalism, the perennial opponent of animal liberation, to say the least, has become the new best friend of veganism.
Does this really ring true to you? Capital doesn’t adopt veganism, it co-opts it, because veganism is a threat to entrenched capital. The idea that they are friends is beyond absurd, it’s nearly offensive.
Can’t read more. This is pure carnism; psychological self-manipulation to cope with the cognitive dissonance caused by being cruel and violent to vulnerable individuals while needing to see oneself as a good person. I imagine it feels convincing or at least comforting to someone who also does not wish to stop being cruel and violent.
Anarchists who are not vegan are compromising their ideals and falling short of them. It happens.
Sorry, no I think it’s a reasonable article. At the very least I thought it was an interesting take as a non-vegan. My point was veganism is not a prequisite for an anarchist – this was written by one of the more profilic anarchist writers active today.
Also, isnt this sentence a textbook strawman by you yourself? You’re literally making up a quote. Lol
So much strawmaning! “There’s no such thing as vegan ideology so I get to define veganism as is convenient for me.” Gimme a break.
Edit: phrasing. Also, if you only read that far, you barely even made it past the introduction.
We don’t need a dozen anarchists practicing your anarchy perfectly, we need a world of anarchists doing the best the can for the world
You can’t have one without the other.
Should perfect be a barrier to progress?
Nope, but not valuing consent. That’s a massive barrier.
What if they consented?
Then it wouldn’t be an issue. But traditionally capitalism and Leninism view consent as something to circumvent.
