I have absolutely seen power dynamics in anarchist spaces. Nobody is making you work with anyone. I have removed myself from communist and anarchist organizing in the past because I wasn’t vibing with one thing or another. Reducing (or writing off) individuals to their tendency isn’t productive. I’m not asking anarchists to become communists or vice versa, I’m just asking for us to work together where we can.
Interpersonal dynamics are impossible avoid and charismatic people are difficult to deal with in this regard, yes, but those should be easier to address than when there’s institutional structures propping up the dipshit in question.
I’m not against cooperation with more hierarchically structured factions, just explaining my interpretation of what falcunculus was talking about. Like them, I’m also quite wary of the prospect of replacing our current dipshit overlords only to end up with a different dipshit waving a red flag.
How likely do you think it is that we’ll have communist leadership, or broad anarchy in your lifetime? We are fighting for survival and the fascists are painting targets on all of us. I beg you to keep your focus on the present situation when deciding who you will or won’t work with.
As I said, I’m not against cooperation with more hierarchically structured factions.
And to answer your question: I won’t pretend to know. With the current wave of fascism, we might end up with a thousand year reich, or then it crashes and burns and the swing goes the other way real fast. Or maybe nothing happens and capitalism just reinvents itself yet again to sputter along for however long it can (at this rate a century at most).
I have absolutely seen power dynamics in anarchist spaces. Nobody is making you work with anyone. I have removed myself from communist and anarchist organizing in the past because I wasn’t vibing with one thing or another. Reducing (or writing off) individuals to their tendency isn’t productive. I’m not asking anarchists to become communists or vice versa, I’m just asking for us to work together where we can.
Interpersonal dynamics are impossible avoid and charismatic people are difficult to deal with in this regard, yes, but those should be easier to address than when there’s institutional structures propping up the dipshit in question.
I’m not against cooperation with more hierarchically structured factions, just explaining my interpretation of what falcunculus was talking about. Like them, I’m also quite wary of the prospect of replacing our current dipshit overlords only to end up with a different dipshit waving a red flag.
How likely do you think it is that we’ll have communist leadership, or broad anarchy in your lifetime? We are fighting for survival and the fascists are painting targets on all of us. I beg you to keep your focus on the present situation when deciding who you will or won’t work with.
As I said, I’m not against cooperation with more hierarchically structured factions.
And to answer your question: I won’t pretend to know. With the current wave of fascism, we might end up with a thousand year reich, or then it crashes and burns and the swing goes the other way real fast. Or maybe nothing happens and capitalism just reinvents itself yet again to sputter along for however long it can (at this rate a century at most).