• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
    101·
    20 hours ago

    “I’m a Communist, how about you?”

    I’m an Anarchist.

    “Cool, then we can be friends. Until the revolution! Afterwards things will get tricky, of course.”

  • Mika@piefed.caEnglish
    893·
    2 days ago

    And then he murders him after the revolution and everyone who visits his funeral.

      • BrickEater@lemmy.world
        41·
        12 hours ago

        What the fuck are you talking about. Look at what the USSR did to the Makhnovshchina. Anarchists have always been there for it, but the moment we cause a threat to the new ML power structure we are killed. No “Communist” country has truly followed the goal of Communism, a stateless classless society. They always get caught up in political struggle and power dynamics, falling right into the same authoritarian tendencies as any capitalist country.

          • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            9·
            20 hours ago

            It is extremely heavily moderated in favor of communism, so it is a very big echo chamber. Everything seems very calm and respectable as long as you don’t dig too deep, because any dissenting opinions quickly get removed. So there isn’t a whole lot of argument that happens among .ml users. But checking the mod logs tells a very different story.

            Also, it’s the only instance that the lead Lemmy dev uses, so anyone who wants to stay up to date on lemmy’s development is forced to federate with .ml. There have also been some controversies about the dev putting dev donations towards running the instance, which ruffled a lot of feathers from people who want to support the dev but not the instance.

            • Yliaster@lemmy.world
              1·
              15 hours ago

              I was all for the pro-communist bias, but I do agree it’s an echo chamber that shuts down dissenting opinions. I was banned from a community for criticising China with depth, sadly many communists are wholly incapable of adequately addressing the real failures of China without passing it off as no big deal in an apologetic 1-2 liner at best (before proceeding to write paragraphs about how it’s the US’ fault and how other progressive countries “will be considered reactionary in the future”, or some other dumb shit).

              Not to mention, actively supporting censorship (reframed as “defending communism”— incapable of realizing censorship is always justified with some moral reasoning that’s irrelevant because there’s nothing stopping it from censoring anything the ruling class dislike).

              The donations thing seems dumb though. You want to support the dev but not the instance?..weird.

          • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
            254·
            2 days ago

            Here’s my refute.

            A communist and an anarchist walk into a bar. The anarchist proceeds to get shithoused, then fights a bonehead. The commie discusses political philosophy and theory with their friends while this goes down, then criticizes the anarchist for “performative gestures” instead of strategizing for long term effective action. The anarchist has a few more shots, smokes a cigarette, and waits for the next bonehead to arrive. The commies leave after deciding on what their world will look like after the revolution but make no plans on how to kickoff the revolution.

              • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
                25·
                2 days ago

                A killing? Whoever owns the shithole dive commies and anarchists hang out in is not making a killing slinging $1.50 PBRs and $3.50 wells. If the commie really has an issue with capitalism they could a) not patronize the bar, or b) actually attempt to seize the means of production from the corporate conglomerate that owns 99% of alcohol manufacturing. The problem is that those people are out of reach, the bar owner lives in town. I would wager that the bar owner is at best a tax bracket above the anarchist and communist, both of whom have jobs themselves despite philosophical issues with capitalism. If we’re going to keep punching within the same class, at least punch the bigots.

          • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
            22·
            2 days ago

            Usually when you make a claim it’s up to you to support it with some kind of evidence.

            Asking someone to refute something they disagree with is basically asking someone to prove a negative.

  • athatet@lemmy.zip
    1123·
    2 days ago

    Communist Anakin: we need you for the revolution comrade.

    Anarchist Padme: and after the revolution?

    Anakin: …

    Padme: …

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    2 days ago

    There were betrayals and brutal slayings to go around between and through the World Wars.

    When I see these sorts of portrayals of communists and anarchists I always wonder why the contemporary actions of the Whites or the Fascists get to enjoy omission.

    Like: Mahkno is a popular example and figure, but he and his army were a component of a larger class system. Hryhoriv, a contemporary, was a large reason for the eventual downfall of all the atamans, including Mahkno, even though Mahkno was the one who killed him.

    Another example is Durruti in the Spanish Civil War, whom I admittedly don’t know a great deal about. But he died for reasons that are not clear except: war. It’s a topic of literature at any rate.

    After the Republican forces lost the war it was Francoist forces that exterminated anarchists in one of many White Terrors of the 20th century.

    And...

    I know this is a shitpost, but I’ll write my dissertation with these Wendy’s ketchup packets, so help me God.