• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    it might be that the anarchists you have met are not anarchists at all. It sounds much more like the communists I know.

    I can think of one in particular, a very arrogant and loud-mouthed, self-proclaimed anarchist, who if he had his way would force everyone to be vegan.

    I understand animal rights, and I myself have been vegetarian for a few years. But if he’s truly an anarchist, then how does he expect to enforce veganism on everyone? Just seems cognitively dissonant…

    For that matter, how do anarchists plan to stop racists and homophobes from doing racist and homophobic things? It just seems short-sighted, especially from people who profess to be vulnerable minorities. You’d think they would at least want a government that protects them and ensures their equal rights, no?

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      3 months ago

      When you encounter this anarchist, I implore you to question them on how China treats animals. Very curious to see what will happen.

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        3 months ago

        Just some inarticulate posturing and vague implications that I don’t know what I’m talking about, probably.

        Like when someone else wore a PLA hat and I asked him how many civilians died in the great leap forward, clearly the reason he didn’t have an answer was because I was the ignorant one. “Oh, you wanna talk to me about the great leap forward?” Acting all insulted

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          3 months ago

          That’s probably how it will go.

          I think it’s telling that they can’t admit their ideology has faults or has made mistakes. It’ll never get anywhere.

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            3 months ago

            They lack self-awareness for sure. I would never follow someone who can’t admit when they’ve been wrong about something.