It seems that a lot of modern anarchists believe that a transitional state is important. You can call them not anarchist if you’d like, but that seems to be a near-consensus. There are probably differences of imagination around what that transitional state would look like, compared to an ML’s imagination, and probably more critically differences on how long it should be allowed to continue, but that just seems to be how things are.
If I had to guess, based on my limited experience with anarchist thought about this, I’d say anarchists who believe in a transitional state would be more likely to say ‘the state needs abolished at some relatively soon point’ than ‘once class is dissolved the state will wither itself away, even if it takes 500 years’.
I think you’re stuck thinking that anarchists seek only to use anarchist tactics in every moment, and want anarchy/communism precisely tomorrow. Much like classical MLs, I think that anarchists have moved well within the realm of envisioning the revolution as a multi-generational thing.
Like, it’s not ‘not anarchist’ to support universal health care or UBI or any other forms of state-based movement to the left. I think modern anarchists have largely ‘broke’ from the ‘lines’ of historical anarchists, because that’s something anarchists would be just fine doing, right?
It seems that a lot of modern anarchists believe that a transitional state is important. You can call them not anarchist if you’d like, but that seems to be a near-consensus. There are probably differences of imagination around what that transitional state would look like, compared to an ML’s imagination, and probably more critically differences on how long it should be allowed to continue, but that just seems to be how things are.
If I had to guess, based on my limited experience with anarchist thought about this, I’d say anarchists who believe in a transitional state would be more likely to say ‘the state needs abolished at some relatively soon point’ than ‘once class is dissolved the state will wither itself away, even if it takes 500 years’.
I think you’re stuck thinking that anarchists seek only to use anarchist tactics in every moment, and want anarchy/communism precisely tomorrow. Much like classical MLs, I think that anarchists have moved well within the realm of envisioning the revolution as a multi-generational thing.
Like, it’s not ‘not anarchist’ to support universal health care or UBI or any other forms of state-based movement to the left. I think modern anarchists have largely ‘broke’ from the ‘lines’ of historical anarchists, because that’s something anarchists would be just fine doing, right?