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On the internet I don't see too many Anarchists give arguments past "communism doesn't work because communists are doomed to repeat the same exploitative power structures of the capitalist state" and "we dont know what an anarchist society will look like we gotta wait til we get there!" Which like...is not convincing to me at all. I've engaged in what was supposed to be consensus based decision making systems and there were a ton of flaws, though that's purely anecdotal.

So, I'd really like to have some suggestions on what to read that you think might really challenge where I stand/take anarchism more seriously. It might take me 5 years to get to them bc executive dysfunction but I really want to see if my mind can be changed on if it would be a better system from the get go than communism.

I think it would be super interesting to hear from anyone who shifted into anarchism from Marxism on why it made more sense to you

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My understanding is that there are a number of radically different ideologies under the Anarchist umbrella. Like you've got chill community building people who have a solid theory of a society without the coercive and violent organs of a state, but you've also got dangerous anti-social edgelords organizing under the eight-fold star of chaos undivided. Both groups get lumped in to Anarchism but idk if it can be said they actually share much in the way of goals and beliefs beyond opposition to states.

And yeah, I understand the Zapatistas are facing serious problems and making changes. There's no end to history, sadly.

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, being a punk I was introduced to (mostly) edgelord/accelerationist "anarchists" lol. There seems to be a fairly active anarchist community where I live; from what I remember it was thriving in the 90's here too. There's a ton of share fairs, FNB, mutual aid groups, etc. During some of the bad first wildfires here a mutual aid network sprang up overnight and it was so so impressive, I helped out a bit with delivering groceries to people without transportation or who were medically vulnerable to the intense smoke. It was very cool; that's some anarchist shit I DO like.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

That's cool. When shit popped off in '20 it was very heartening seeing mutual aid systems pop up like mushrooms.

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

Um that 8 folf star is the symbol of chaos from Moorcock's work. 40k appropriated it, in Moorcock's stories chaos and law are balancing forces. It also saw extensive use in occult stuff before warhammer.

My understanding of why it's popular as a symbol in like Greece, Chili etc is in the Moorcock sense. I.e. when states centralise and suffocate chaos is needed to restore freedom and balance. Similar to flying a black flag as the negation of flags.

Nothing in 40k is original and everything in it is a shallow ripoff of something more interesting.