@sun
Yep. Presentism is real, as is insurrectionist anarchism (aka: propaganda by the deed). The modern example of the latter today would be Antifa and black-bloc (a protest tactic, not a group).
Can't sweep that shit under the rug, and unfortunately that's become the prevailing image of anarchists to this day. To the point that even other anarchists try to distance themselves from it by adopting alternate names like "mutualist", "minarchist", "libertarian <xyz>", and so on.
I'm admittedly still a fan of Emma Goldman, and used to live a half a block from the apartment she lived in in Toronto, but she was part of that ilk too at least for a time. It comes with the territory, and I can't blame people for the stereotype because it's been largely self-inflicted.
Yep. Presentism is real, as is insurrectionist anarchism (aka: propaganda by the deed). The modern example of the latter today would be Antifa and black-bloc (a protest tactic, not a group).
Can't sweep that shit under the rug, and unfortunately that's become the prevailing image of anarchists to this day. To the point that even other anarchists try to distance themselves from it by adopting alternate names like "mutualist", "minarchist", "libertarian <xyz>", and so on.
I'm admittedly still a fan of Emma Goldman, and used to live a half a block from the apartment she lived in in Toronto, but she was part of that ilk too at least for a time. It comes with the territory, and I can't blame people for the stereotype because it's been largely self-inflicted.
@toiletpaper anarchism is the only moral system when I investigate it. not like, how it's done by any existing group. nor can it survive in nature, but conceptually the closest I can think of.
