Good thing I'm an anarchist then. Would be pretty embarrassing to have to make excuses for long dead reactionaries rather than learning from their mistakes and reading theory written in the past century.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, of course. I didn't mean to imply that that was an attack on you (or on anarchism), I just wanted to note what was likely a source of personal animosity between these individuals that also worsened the conflicts between them.

[–] Sabbo@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I see. I guess I'm used to mote animosity. I won't excuse their blatant bigotry, and the lack of intersectionality has obviously set movements back. But it also doesn't negate his work much in the same way that Marx "overlooking" (Despising) the permanent underclass doesn't make his work obsolete. And that's actually the only reason I bring up Bakunin anymore. There are countless authors who have rewritten and evolved anarchism to the point where the works of mutualists no longer make sense to cite. Which is exactly what Bakunin tried to emphasize in much of his work. Even the most radical of the past are nothing but reactionary by future standards.