Are Lemmy anarchists okay? How does this person have 24 upvotes? In what universe are anarchists NOT doing class analysis, (therefore) don't want to abolish capitalism, and don't want to fight archism?
I suspect this is just because libs absolutely DESPISE comrade @Cowbee@hexbear.net and will upvote anything smart-sounding that supposedly addresses whatever is being discussed?
Also, gotta love the whole "I have this opinion and many anarchists will disagree and that's what anarchism is about". Like, buddy, you haven't read one book or talked to one anarchist IRL, let alone organized in your entire life.
Strongly disagree. I think this is a mindset that leads to a huge quantity of people that would be revolutionaries if given a social push, but instead choose to say it's someone else's job.
It's all of our job. Every single last one of us. Unwillingness to die for it is just a sign of not really actually wanting it. Sympathisers they may well be, but they're not revolutionaries unless they take that step. They hold within themselves deep fears, lack of commitment and ultimately a deeply rooted and unexamined element of liberalism that they have not yet examined or excised from within themselves. The deep yearning they have to go back to brunch. To have things just be comfortable.
If not us. Who. When.
The can gets kicked to another generation each time a generation is too cowardly to commit to what must ultimately be done.
Nobody is coming to free the working class. We must do it ourselves.
So give me that social push. I'm all for it. Give me a group of people that make me want to fight and I will. I'm stuck in a country with so little revolutionary potential. I would absolutely love to find some movement and I hope in time I will.
I'm not saying I won't fight. I'm saying my fighting will not be direct. I will play support. It's a role that suits me more. I'll clean, I'll cook, I'll help setting up tables or tents. I'll write programs. I will do what I'm comfortable with. Otherwise it isn't a revolution I want to support. Anarchy is about finding your own place and having others accept it. Anarchy is about being comfortable if that's what you want to be.
You call not wanting to fight a lack of commitment and cowardice. I call it being sensible and not putting myself in a situation where I'm leasts efficient and will probably contribute nothing, and in worst case scenario cause damage. I will not fight on the front-lines. It's not what I'm good at.
Alright, reading this honestly is pushing me more toward what Awoo said. Later you make a more valid point about what your skills are (while seemingly ignoring that you can get new skills), but if a demand for comfort is truly a guiding axiom, you would sooner betray us for the liberals, because revolution is not a dinner party.
Considering the liberals expect me to pay for my existence, making money a constant source of anxiety. I will never be comfortable under capitalism, not to mention patriarchy and NeuroTypArchy causing me to be trapped in norms and expectations I don't want to conform to, making the aforementioned moneymaking even more difficult.
Don't worry, I'll take communists over liberals, no hesitation. Although obviously I would prefer anarchists.