I organize with a bunch in my daily life and I would peg it at solidly 75% are warm on China and more pissed at their landlord than Putin or whatever.
I’m sorry but I am really having a hard time buying this. Where the fuck are you meeting pro-CCP anarchists?
too hard on Maoists
The only Maoists who get made fun of are MIM (white terrorists) weirdos who say it’s fascist to order vegan pizza with your credit card (visa signature rewards)
It’s just weird to call it an “anti-sectarianism” rule when it’s not really, cuz we’re fine with sectarianism, for example we all drag the fuck out of Trots and Ultras. It’s really just a “don’t bully the anarchists” rule. I just find it weird they’re the only ones who get a pass.
I mean we all know the REAL reason. Anarchism is the most popular radical left tendency in the imperial core so we kinda have to be nice to them on this Anglo tankie site if we ever want to attract new members. Just wish people were honest about it.
Was gonna say, people here talk about “fake internet anarchists” but it ain’t exactly like the anarchists I’ve known irl are super pro-USSR. If anything I’ve encountered more AES sympathetic anarchists online than off.
To me this raises a more interesting question. We keep having debates about who and what is a real anarchist Vs a lib who thinks they’re an anarchist. I think the question should be: why do so many Libs find the label anarchist appealing and more palpable than communist?
Okay, doesn’t explain why we don’t extend the same courtesy to Trots or whoever
Why do we always put quotes around “anarchist” whenever an anarchist has a bad take? It’s not like sincerely identifying as an anarchist makes one immune from bad takes. We don’t do this for any other leftist tendency, we don’t put quotes around “ML” or “Trot” whenever one posts some cringe ass shit.
True, gas would make more sense in their situation
Curious if they’re electric, diesel or hybrid. Article doesn’t say.
Real clever of Putler to plant that old as fuck Nazi collaborator in Canada. Really dedicated to the long game he is!
Incel was probably too extreme of a comparison. My point is, while socialism would perhaps make it easier for individuals to confront these problems, a lot of the leg work to actually improve their situation still falls on the individual. I may have an easier time working on not being a basement dwelling troglodyte under socialism but i still would have to do the bulk of the work myself.
Okay, I’m gonna be the bad guy here and use this post to say something I’ve been wanting to say: I think a lot of online leftists are a bit too optimistic about how much socialism will fix interpersonal problems.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m sure abolishing capitalism will be an overall net positive for humans mental health. But I see a lot of people here assume that they’d have totally awesome social and love lives if it weren’t for capitalism still being a thing and I can’t help but roll my eyes a bit, it strike me a bit like incel logic, or basement dwelling AnCaps who think they’d totally be John Galts of industry if it weren’t for taxes.
Again, socialism would likely help, but you can still be an awkward and/or maladjusted weirdo who can’t talk to girls under socialism. I’d rather be a friendless weirdo in a society where I also don’t have to deal with the stresses of looming poverty over my head, and yeah maybe I’d have an easier time making friends if I had more time off and lived in a city with better PT. But I think a lot of the bullshit that makes me an anti-social dork wouldn’t be automatically improved by me living in a dictatorship of the proletariat.
As for dating and romance, again capitalism sure ain’t helping, but I also think there’s a lot less material incentive to get in a relationship these days and as a result a lot of people are finding they’re happier single and independent than in a mediocre relationship. The boomer phenomenon of married couples who fucking hate each other but stay together out of fear of “being alone” inspired a lot of younger people to try and learn how to be okay with being alone so they wouldn’t end up finding boomer “I hate my wife” comedy funny. Again maybe socialism would make it easier for people to network and find relationships that actually work for them, but I think some of it is also just an evolution of how humans feel about family building and cohabitation.
It’s better citations than you fucking Libs can ever provide
Those dudes couldn’t get cooler looking balaclavas?
Sounds like one of those ethno-nationalist anarchists, if you’re gonna find them anywhere it’s twitter
Where did they claim to be a leftist?
I followed a fair amount of Chinese speaking leftists on the bird site at the time and none of them ever used it so yeah, I thought he was fairly unique in that regard.
He was the only person I ever saw use the term.
What on earth caused you to have such a dramatic reaction to what I said?
“I think both things are bad!”
“Do you spend a roughly equal amount of time complaining about both of them?”
“Well… no…”