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one of the dumbest things i see 'newly radicalized' people doing is
they wanna look up all the attempts at revolution and get really excited for them, and this really is just a terribly stupid gateway into marxism-leninism
they wanna look up all the attempts at revolution and get really excited for them, and this really is just a terribly stupid gateway into marxism-leninism
whether or not you defeated a nation-state is actually just an ass metric of success
but yeah, if you take that as the metric of success, ofc youre going to think ML ""works"" lmfao
but yeah, if you take that as the metric of success, ofc youre going to think ML ""works"" lmfao
this is the part where i start talking about graeber
in "The Shock of Victory" david graeber points out that the spanish anarchists wouldve almost inevitably had catalonia return to some sort of state control even if the fascists had been repelled.
in "The Shock of Victory" david graeber points out that the spanish anarchists wouldve almost inevitably had catalonia return to some sort of state control even if the fascists had been repelled.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-the-shock-of-victory
the point basically is that for anarchists, creating a 'non-state' zone where no nation-states claim to have authority is basically a, at best, transient task, and at worst, just kinda silly.
the point is to fight capitalism and authority. but
the point basically is that for anarchists, creating a 'non-state' zone where no nation-states claim to have authority is basically a, at best, transient task, and at worst, just kinda silly.
the point is to fight capitalism and authority. but
capitalism and authority are not "found" anywhere. theyre social relations that exist everywhere. therefore highly visible, concentrated 'displays' of revolutionary combat against these things are really just leftist spectacles.
theyre attractive and easy to spot.
theyre attractive and easy to spot.
new socialists fall esp hard for this because it seems so easy to compare china, russia and vietnam to places like mahknovia, catalonia and shinmin.
but this is a foolish illusion for the reasons above. real victory is the class warfare as it progresses on a local and
but this is a foolish illusion for the reasons above. real victory is the class warfare as it progresses on a local and
global scale. and to focus on the literally 'spectacular' phenonmenon of declared state-overthrow is bad.
greaber always praises the malagasi and rojava for similar reasons: these are anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist societies that exist within
greaber always praises the malagasi and rojava for similar reasons: these are anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist societies that exist within
the declared territories of nation-states. (EZLN/MAREZ too) in many respects, these projects actually have better anarchist-esque autonomy than somewhere like catalonia, in part because they dont have a big target on them that says "LEFTIST REBELLION SUCCESS"
now that target is exactly what newly radicalized people are obsessing over, but its also what gets you invaded by capitalist powers at the earliest convenience.
as graeber has said, there's a lot of anarchism in the world, but a the wisest anarchists dont want people to know.
as graeber has said, there's a lot of anarchism in the world, but a the wisest anarchists dont want people to know.
anyways im turning this subtweet into a not-subtweet because some of you MLs are too fucking stupid to see how every leninist nation-state-overthrowing-project has turned into capitalism, even though you accuse anarchists of failing on that ground https://twitter.com/UnpaidComintern/status/1348448351004594179?s=20
