That’s a different statement than what the image says. Yes, anarchists cannot work with MLs because MLs use the state as a tool of their revolution and anarchists reject the use of that tool. The two groups are incommensurate on this topic. While they both share the goal of a stateless society, one group requires the use of the state to achieve that goal and the other group strictly forbids the use of the state to achieve that goal.
I mean, it’s important to recognize that this is the anarchist’s theory. The ML theory is different. The ML theory is that the state will wither away when the conditions that give rise to the state change. The anarchist theory is that the conditions that give rise to the state will never change if the state is in place.
So far, neither theory has successfully ended the state.
That’s a different statement than what the image says. Yes, anarchists cannot work with MLs because MLs use the state as a tool of their revolution and anarchists reject the use of that tool. The two groups are incommensurate on this topic. While they both share the goal of a stateless society, one group requires the use of the state to achieve that goal and the other group strictly forbids the use of the state to achieve that goal.
It has nothing to do with self-preservation.
Self-preservation of the state means exercising authority over the citizens. It means the state will never wither away, it will only maintain itself.
I mean, it’s important to recognize that this is the anarchist’s theory. The ML theory is different. The ML theory is that the state will wither away when the conditions that give rise to the state change. The anarchist theory is that the conditions that give rise to the state will never change if the state is in place.
So far, neither theory has successfully ended the state.