Maybe as an experiment, let's try to understand each other's positions ITT and not have the same boring old arguments (because they're boring).
Edit - nice discussion everyone, thanks <3. I'm seeing a lot of responses from ML and not many from anarchists, but maybe I'm the only anarchist on this site lol
Anarchists: Better organizers, more mutual aid, show more solidarity, better action, mobilize quickly, truly have their hearts in it. Projects are ethically agreeable and fast to get off the ground, but have difficulty lasting a long time.
MLs: Understand the nuance of history, push back against imperialist exaggeration and slander against nations like China and the USSR, don't martyr themselves when it's strategically optimal to survive. Projects are slower to get off the ground, and possibly more ethically compromised, but last longer.
idk, i hope i'm not off base with any of this. this is mostly my instincts talking
Seems like a fair assessment to me. As an anarchist, I do think MLs tend to have a more nuanced/realistic analysis of history and global power dynamics, which I admire.
Ethics are useless when the enemy is themselves a monster
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not an absence of them, but everything is a grey area