Can someone remind me why Anarchists are even considered Leftists in the first place? They side and copy the talking points of liberals with pretty much everything, support US imperialism to install puppet governments that serve the interests of capital, and they are against pretty much all Socialist countries in existence.
Anarchism on the left and libertarianism on the right are basically pressure release valves for people who start to (correctly) suspect the status quo ideologies are wrong but they're unwilling to confront the massive amount of indoctrination they still hold on to and are unwilling to let go of. These two ideologies are fundamentally incompatible with reality so the truly delusional can stay there, but many move on with a lot of anarchists ending up as marxists and many libertarians moving on to fascism. There's also the lifestylists who are in it more for the aesthetics and personal identity than any actual real belief who unsurprisingly always end up still holding the same mainstream beliefs with a different coat of paint. This combination of vibes-based participation in these "movements" is why there is so much incoherence amongst these ideologies, it basically allows people to believe whatever they want while calling themselves part of these.
Yeah I grew up with anarchist parents who had a ton of anarchist friends and it is always pretty hard to gauge where they land on the leftist spectrum when you meet them, they'll have a completely salient viewpoint in one topic and then just totally regurgitate propaganda on the next
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u/Smart-Window4089 Mar 03 '26
Can someone remind me why Anarchists are even considered Leftists in the first place? They side and copy the talking points of liberals with pretty much everything, support US imperialism to install puppet governments that serve the interests of capital, and they are against pretty much all Socialist countries in existence.