I have tried to talk to anarchists here, as I feel there is potentially something to it, but it always ends up with “read this and shut up libtard”-like posts. A shame, we should welcome different opinions and angles seing things, not always try to “convert” everyone to some very specific thing. IMO.
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Diva@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I’m not a fan of the infighting either. It’s a very online kind of tribalism. I’m pretty active in anarchist organizing where I live and routinely have people from all sorts of tendencies showing up to help out without it devolving into a struggle session over factional infighting from a hundred years ago.
Just from the time I’ve spent here it seems like it’s specifically the people occupying the centrist liberal positions who are most invested in fostering a culture of leftist infighting
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Diva@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
you have been pretty anti-communist every time we’ve intracted, on top of calling me a tankie. not surprised you’re having trouble with people welcoming your different opinion
Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You are a tankie though.
In what susbtasive manner (real world issues) are you different from a stereotypical tankie?
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh I see, it is I who have to “welcome a different option”.
Most of “communism” here on lemmy is either hardcore stalin/lenin/mao authoritarian ruling or it is some sort of workers dictatorship. What’s not to criticise? And when you try to discuss you get downvoted and people act aggressively, or so I feel.
I also does not know what that has to do with anarchism?
Diva@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Oh I see, it is I who have to “welcome a different option”.
reread my comment, not what I said. Maybe if you’re less quick to call people tankies you might not get called a liberal in response.
I consider a workers dictatorship to be a lesser evil compared to the dictatorship of capital we live in currently.
I also does not know what that has to do with anarchism?
To put it simply, anarchists want to abolish hierarchy, communists want to abolish private property. They overlap when you want both. Liberals tend work to protect both of those things.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
PS. If you’re not a pro authoritarian please accept my apologies.
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If you want to find out if they’re an actual tankie, just look for anything related to Russia or China. They out themselves pretty quick, usually.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Lemmy attracts personalities that don’t get along with IRL communities.
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Talking of the tribalism. How come an anarchist is on .ml
Is the experience there OK?
Diva@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It was the first lemmy account I set up and I haven’t bothered to change it! I like that it can access hexbear and blahaj and I haven’t run into any issues beyond the occasional sectarian post.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
There are actually a few active anarchists on Lemmy.ml, for the reasons Diva is stating. It’s broadly federated and doesn’t crack down on leftists, even if it’s majority Marxist.