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It’s astounding to me that State Socialists have such a history of murder, oppression, betrayal and going back on all their revolutionary visions the minute they have authoritarian power but other anarchists will still be like:
It’s astounding to me that State Socialists have such a history of murder, oppression, betrayal and going back on all their revolutionary visions the minute they have authoritarian power but other anarchists will still be like:
@daggers_drawn It's so draining working with them, too.
"Hey, can we not make gulag jokes at recruiting events?"
"Let me explain to you why gulags were good, actually."
"Folks, I lived in China for a year and it's not exactly a socialist paradise. There's still homeless people, the oligarchy owns the means of production, and the government is cracking down on libsocs and queer people."
"Well, let me explain to you exactly why your experience there was wrong."
"I don't think this person's a cop or anything, but they do seem kind of like a con artist."
"Um, I think you mean 'leader.' What right do you have to question them?"