This is mostly a serious question. Also, not for the tankies/MLs. I already know what your answer to that question is. I may not always agree with you on everything, but you do have an answer that if the conditions became right, could actually work.

No, this is for the type of anarchist completely against the wall, gulags, seemingly any amount of getting hands dirty. What is the solution to those types of people? There are so many of them in the US, a lot of which are heavily armed, that they could easily topple a socialist system, and even if they didn't do that, their existence would be incompatible with any marginalized group living their lives, since they love to harass them at best, outright murder them at worse. So what's the solution? Anarchists often seem to avoid this, seemingly believing that if there was a socialist or communist society, they would just say "aw shucks, guess I was wrong about that. Guess I'll no longer be racist or xenophobic!"

So am I missing something, what's the answer?

  • breadandcircuses [she/her]
    2·
    4 years ago

    anarchists aren't against organization; they're against hierarchical systems.

    • KimJongChill [undecided]
      5·
      4 years ago

      Putting people in gulags and executing reactionaries sounds pretty hierarchical bruh

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        This tension has always been in anarchism. Bakunin wanted an "invisible dictatorship" that directed the masses to revolt.

        Malatesta's "anarchism and violence" is a good place to start if you're curious about what anarchists who've seriously addressed this question have to say about it.