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to everyone mad about this: yes chomsky is an old man but anarchists periodically need to be put in their place so people dont start thinking they have rational political views— Virgil Hexas 🦇🦇🦇 (@virgiltexas) October 12, 2020

Virgil Texas has declared war on Anarchism

Edit: Lol did I start a site wide struggle session?

Edit2: keep it going. Is this the most commented normal post yet?

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        Those cops? Yeah they're real bad dudes, run with a bunch of bad guys. What you're gonna do is get yourself a six-foot length of chain and you're gonna meet em after work, Jack.

    • cum_drinker69 [any]
      2·
      4 years ago

      There's roughly a billion anarchists in Virgil's mentions whining about this tweet, pick one.

        • cum_drinker69 [any]
          2·
          4 years ago

          I don't see how, none of them said anything constructive.

          • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
            4·
            4 years ago

            Pointing out that attributing Chomsky's lib take with anarchists (who are vehemently against electoral politics) is stupid is not constructive?

            I mean if he was just shitposting, then yeah, maybe not, and maybe you're just fucking with me too because i've been epicly le trolled.

            • cum_drinker69 [any]
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              4 years ago

              No I meant all I saw was sarcasm and attempts at totally epic reverse dunks, I didn't see anyone making a constructive argument. Not that Virgil was in the first place.

              Also saw a couple profiles that identified as anarchist and had a bunch of electoralism shit. Maybe they're not "real anarchists" but I have no idea how you would determine that.

              • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
                2·
                4 years ago

                I mean when i said the people whining are right i meant the ppeople that pointed out the absurdity i pointed out above.

                Idk how true anarchists are people who take parts in Twitter slapfights but electoralism is widely rejected.

    • fred [any]
      1·
      4 years ago

      look at fucking Noam Chomsky for starters, lmao.

        • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
          2·
          4 years ago

          nobody is lol, anarchism isn't a systemic belief, the only systemic part of it is its critique, which is the part that actually makes sense, then when the new world has to be not just possible but y'know ... brought into existence the contradictions emerge between whichever set of ideals this version of the program is built on

              • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
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                4 years ago

                Maybe i'm misunderstanding it but i read it as the old boring "le anarchists just want revolution to happen" shit.

                • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  I took it to mean that you can take an anarchist lens of analysis to multiple different, but valid conclusions, and that when it comes time to implement those ideas you have to reconcile those different possibilities, is that what you meant @bamboo68 ?

                  • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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                    4 years ago

                    this is much closer to what I was trying to get out, anarchist thought in based more on subjective/individual values (as opposed to say marxism: which seeks to find a universal value through focusing on material conditions) so while anarchists will easily build a consensus on their criticisms of capitalism (or ML socialism)

                    but because there is (to varying degrees) this rejection of universality anarchism will not build consensus in advancing a program, which they don't see as their political goal, but rather the ideals of pluralism and (non bourgouise) democracy themselves

                    beyond that i think anarchists will disagree A LOT with most anarchists about how the new world should be... beyond "possible" but then they get to have more meetings