But if anarchists were able to get a project off the ground a la Catalonia in the 30s, then I would not only lend my uncritical support, but I would look to become an active part of it (and no, I wouldn't try and turn it into an ML thing either).

Nothing but love and respect for my anarchist comrades. Death to factionalism and of course, death to America.

    • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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      4 years ago

      So, just watched the video. It doesn’t seem like taking the money has changed their ideology in any way, since they are still very much anti-capitalist. It does seem like there might be a risk of dependency, but they appear to be pretty aware of that.

      What I thought was interesting about the video is that Peter Buffett appears to be vocally anti-capitalist, which is a little strange. This article talks about it in more detail:

      Unlike his billionaire father, Buffett is pessimistic about American capitalism. “We are in the midst of a collapse,” he says. He favors the small and local over the big and global, quoting Belgian designer Thomas Lommée, who says “the next big thing is a lot of small things.” NoVo funds think tanks like the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, named after the economist E. F. Schumacher, the author of the 1973 classic, Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered. “We’re trying to knit back together the community and the land that feeds us,” Buffett says. “If we can provide a non-prescriptive model, we can spread the word and likewise learn from other communities as well.”

      • Neopergoss [he/him,any]
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        4 years ago

        Call me crazy, but I'm pretty skeptical that Peter Buffet is really anti-capitalist, whatever he may be saying

        • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, I'm skeptical too, but it does seem strange. He also doesn't seem to be trying to appeal to leftists, so I wonder what his intended audience is.