I also think people reflexively gravitate towards anarchism since it doesn’t have any major failures like Leninism (since it hasn’t been tried outside of small-scale wartime rebellions). I think people are uncomfortable going around and championing the ideology that produced some of American education’s most devilishly portrayed people, and anarchism is an explicit rejection of those people. It soothes the mind by giving you a revolutionary fervor but without the weird looks when you tell people you agree with the guy that killed the sparrows for being bourgeoisie.
This is obviously only applicable to the new “lifestyle” anarchists that have only been leftists for like 4 months and haven’t read theory yet or organized. Anarchists older than 17 years old are usually more nuanced in their views.
I also think people reflexively gravitate towards anarchism since it doesn’t have any major failures like Leninism (since it hasn’t been tried outside of small-scale wartime rebellions). I think people are uncomfortable going around and championing the ideology that produced some of American education’s most devilishly portrayed people, and anarchism is an explicit rejection of those people. It soothes the mind by giving you a revolutionary fervor but without the weird looks when you tell people you agree with the guy that killed the sparrows for being bourgeoisie.
This is obviously only applicable to the new “lifestyle” anarchists that have only been leftists for like 4 months and haven’t read theory yet or organized. Anarchists older than 17 years old are usually more nuanced in their views.
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