Remove if against rules but need to be brought up. Admin of db0 seems to think everyone to the left of the db0 instance is out to kill/murder them. Then for some reason does more massive rants against cowbee.

Idk if should be in different comm but with this and their support of angry quoka user getting worrying

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yep, what you describe is a similar path I took from anarchism to Marxism. Seeing anarchist movements forced through necessity into making concessions and adapting structures that normally go against horizontalism was one of the bits that propelled me towards Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, and then the rest of the Marxist canon. And thanks for the book! There's no chance I can get to it anytime soon, but it's absolutely getting added to the list of books I intend to read.

Hope Azarov is doing well too, that's terrifying.

And yep, I've basically been a boogeyman for quite a few people for quite a while now. I don't really get it though, I'm one of the least confrontational and least aggressive people that talk about Marxism here on Lemmy.

[–] Are_Euclidding_Me@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm one of the least confrontational and least aggressive people that talk about Marxism here on Lemmy.

I legit think it's this! You're always so calm and composed and you treat the comments you're arguing against with such respect, more than they often deserve. I think it makes it really hard for people to argue against you in a compelling way, and it pisses people off that their arguments look so bad in comparison to yours

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago

I've had similar thoughts, and I find it really funny that it provokes such hatred. The reason I do it is so that none of my points can be dismissed due to their delivery, that's also why I give a lot of leeway for what others say and focus on the points at hand no matter how rudely they're given. Nia Frome's On Dialectics, or How to Defeat Enemies is a great essay on why that works well.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to be threatening to be perceived as a threat, I suppose.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

I think that's what's more threatening, as comrade Are_Euclidding_Me pointed out. It's easier to dismiss rude or confrontational people, no matter how justified they are, than someone that avoids slapfighting.