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Anarchists don't hate Marxists, almost all schools of anarchy adopt some of Marxist theory in understanding the world and the relations of power.
The internet isn't real life. Lemmy is especially stupid.
In general anarchists are sceptical of the idea of a transitional state, and dictatorships of the proletariat, believing that these structures are unlikely to yield to a stateless moneiless and classless society. Many schools of anarchy propose building mutual aid networks inside a state, and adopting direct action to solve problems. The long term idea being that this undermines the state and will be ready to fill the gaps as the state fails.
What are the characteristics of those networks? What makes them different from the dual power that MLs build (that is, the building of the embryo of the future Dictatorship of the proletariat)?
Edit: How do these networks protect themselves and expand once the burgeois state acts to destroy them?
I also wanted to add this: wouldn't those networks be much more effective after the proletarian revolution, since the proletarian state would openly cooperate in its own withering away?
tired convos, uninteresting really. there's so much ink spilled on both sides by people smarter than us
Anarchists have historically been anti communist and actively fought against marxists for over a century. I've seen anarchists flip Marxist tables at book events, push them out of community coalition for being "tankies", cop jacket, etc.
Wow you saw a group of people doing dumb shit once? Better revaluate everything
I provided three different examples I've personally seen from totally unaffiliated people and/or groupings of people but go off. I referenced a century of history vaguely which implies notorious examples beyond my personal experiences as well.