mayo_cider [he/him]

It’s almost like if someone came up with a scientific theory to explain and predict societal changes

Drugs are honestly a healthier form of escapism

Don’t forget the self-hatred

There’s plenty of good answers already, but a big one is that the writers don’t know any better, and not understanding the difference of average, mean and median is one of the most common mistakes to make

One of these bad boys:

I’m going tp post the full size ones manually

We should change it to something like “murder of babies that you are personally responsible for as long as you stay silent”

I would say that it’s partly true, but mostly due to the co-opting of anarchist aesthetics to more surface-level rebellion combined with even more limited understanding of the ideology than ML combined with antielectroralism (if you were an ADULT you would understand that you need a political party to change anything)

It’s seen as juvenile phase of rebellion not aimed at any concrete change outside of “no rules”, and the aesthetics being co-opted so widely dilutes the actual praxis, so it’s not seen as the same kind of threat for the status quo as MLs

On the other hand, people have had more hostile reactions when I’ve said that I am an anarchist than if I called myself a socialist or communist, since anarchists are more associated with direct violence (I’ve tried to break this misconception and explain that communists are just as willing, just doing my part)

Tbh I’ve never really planted my flag on either camp, and pick label based on either which one gets a funnier reaction or how much I have energy to explain theory at that point (older people usually need a 101 on anarchist theory and socialist scares them just as much)

You don’t have to actively chase a spesific person, you just can’t stop giving a better alternative

Your personal well-being is obviously the first priority, but outside of that, we can’t stop explaining

Staying silent is cowardice and benefits the status quo, you have to decide how principled you are

If having friends who disagree with you on a fundamental level is more important than staying true to your core beliefs, someone has to question your commintment to your beliefs

But why should we stop explaining to people outside of communism? Is it nonsensical to expect a principled communist to not give up on explaining the theory to a fellow worker? Should we just give up because we get frustrated?

Why won’t you reply with procom propaganda? It’s our responsibility to refute and prove wrong the anticom propaganda

To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed. This is one type of liberalism.

Yeah, I understood that but wrote the comment in a hurry and didn’t realize at that moment how aggressive it came off

That came off way too aggressive, I meant to just point out a historical parallel, sorry about that

Yeah, even nazi germany had principled people

And that’s the original reason they colonized Palestine

The only correct two-state solution is giving west germany to israel

You’ll need an insurgency for that