• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@anarchist.nexus
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    22 hours ago

    Yeah I’m just not interested in relitigating the anarchism vs. Marxism debate with you. If you’re seriously interested, check An Anarchist FAQ or consult our literature instead. This debate is over a hundred years old, and neither of us are smart or creative enough to come up with a truly novel argument that hasn’t been said a thousand times before.

    The point I wanted to relitigate is the ridiculous “your proposals are the same as the US” framing, which you didn’t respond to basically at all, because you know it’s bullshit. Absolutely, there are self-styled anarchists in the West who tow State Department narratives. Same with self-styled state socialists from the West (e.g. Socialist Workers’ Party in AmeriKKKa are fucking Zionists, Platner/AOC/Sanders enjoyers, the entire Twitter left), because liberalism is the monoculture in the West, and it is something Westerners (like myself) of any political persuasion must spend a lifetime unlearning. It’s a problem with Westerners, not necessarily anarchists. You’re being obnoxious and unhelpful when you reactively assume that every anarchist, that anarchism itself, is in line with AmeriKKKan interests.

    If you wanna yell at me for being an annoying Westerner I’ll eat that, but to then cast all anarchists into that bucket is ridiculous.