- cross-posted to:
- anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Turns out the anarchists have a piece of theory larger than Capital. I haven't seen any of my comrades talk about this in any community. The writer has read Marx, Engels, and Lenin.
Wasn't sure whether to post it in Shit Ultras Say or Leftist Infighting but I'll post it here first. Section H is where it attempts to criticize us.
Every revolutionary gain, from increased life expectancy, to communal childcare and healthcare, elimination of poverty, defeat of nazi germany / the KMT / japanese fascism, counts for nothing to anarchists. How many batallions did the anarchists field against those powers? How many millions of people did they feed?
We've had > 200 years to test which theory gives the best results, and guess what, anarchism proved to be worthless. It should be studied only as a historical curiosity, like Blanquism or Owenism.
99% of online anarchism is from the west, where the anarchists don't know or don't care about these gains. The 3rd world "anarchists" (oftentimes the label is applied by outsiders seeking to make anarchism look more widespread than it actually is) almost never repudiate the Russian or Chinese or Cuban revolutions.
Nice to see you here, you were actually the person I was going to ask whether or not this should go in Shit Ultras Say.
No probs! Either one works. The Shit X Say communities are more for cringe content, so people can block them, while this one is about getting opinions and such.