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God this bullshit again? Not all anarchists are individual anarchists. I'm fact most aren't. What anarchist have you read that gave you this impression? @19brigid49/1341174027117846528Permalink On twitter.com
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You know what's sad about takes like this? I've read the theory they're referencing with this argument, despite being an anarchist, but they refuse to read any libertarian socialists everPermalink On twitter.com
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This argument is basically Stalin's Anarchism or Socialism, where he argues that that anarchism is when individuals, and that's why it's bad and we need a really strong state to tell people what to do I promise marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1906/12/x01.htmPermalink On twitter.com
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But if you read like, Maletesta on Anarchy, this idea that anarchism is when individuals doesn't show up at all. In fact when he talks about individuals he's actually more concerned that, with government, individuals wield power to oppress the masses theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchyPermalink On twitter.com
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In fact, Santa himself Peter Kropotkin wrote a whole thing called Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution, where he argued that it is the natural tendency of people to work collectively, instead of as individualsPermalink On twitter.com
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"Wait a sec, Mo. "Hold the phone. "Are you saying the Bolsheviks strawmaned and lied about anarchists and syndicalists because they were political rivals as the Russian Revolution became inevitable? Are you saying they made shit up when it benefited them?" ... YesOn twitter.com
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Understanding libertarian socialism through the eyes of Stalin and Lenin is a little like understanding communism through PragerU videos and Venezuela lmao Read theorists in their own words. And if you still don't like anarchism afterwards that's fine. But read firstPermalink On twitter.com