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Spoiler: He's gonna fix the "missing" information with MISinformation.

If you don’t mind, I’d love to chime in with my own perspective :)

My path to anarchist ideas was pretty organic. I grew up in a rural area, lots of farmers, my school was just a short walk away, and most of our food was locally grown or raised. It struck me that even if the government had suddenly disappeared, our community probably would have been okay. We already relied so much on each other.

I’m not here to tell you what to believe or what label to adopt. Over the past four years, I’ve done a lot of reading and reflecting myself, and what helped me the most was trying to apply different leftist ideas to the place I knew best, my own hometown. That process helped me figure out what might actually work for the people there and for me, that led to anarchism.

So I’d suggest doing something similar: take the ideas you’ve encountered from socialists, communists, anarchists, or whereever and ask yourself "If we did this and this, could this work?" "If we stopped using money in these areas and these areas, could that work?" Even just exploring things like reducing reliance on money in certain areas can be revealing. (It’s worth noting that many anarchist ideas hinge on an optimistic view of human nature, but that’s a whole other conversation.)

At the end of the day, if you’re trying to identify both an ideal society and a realistic path toward it, I think the key is understanding that socialism, whatever shape it takes, requires a culture built on cooperation. That has to come first.

I'd rather see em under a guillotine

It's no secret that anarchists are being silenced in China. A lot of it is underground and for good reason. You might have a tough time looking for these circles.

"Leadership is a Role, Not an Identity"

"You may guide, teach, or warn, but you are not the guide, the teacher, or the prophet."

And with that I can confirm I will continue to use adblock.

There's a fundamental issue with centralizing that ideology into a political party.

This gotta be an american thing, right? Like here in europe it's quite common to be expressionless to some degree. I don't know anyone who tries to look happy just for the sake of keeping appearances up.

They're already calling it a terrorist attack.

Military grade FPV drones... Used to destroy military targets.... A terrorist attack...

As far as I'm aware, the terms "Liberal" and "Conservative" aren't exactly mutually exclusive.

"Conservative" originally referred to defending tradition and social order. "Liberal" emphasized individual rights, reform, and limiting state power. Though once opposing forces, the terms have evolved today, someone can be socially liberal but economically conservative, or vice versa. Their meanings often depend on context.

It's no wonder they suck at "converting" people, they know nothing about how socialism works. Nevermind the fact that they see it as "converting" rather than just having an open discussion, I can almost guarantee these people will immediately swing around the "no actually soviet union was based" or "nono you dont understand, china was mega based they needed to starve out the population" in a discussion once they lose their patience. If you ever get a chance to talk to these people irl, try to have a convo about a stateless society. I can speak from personal experience, when you bring that up, their mind goes blank, and they will start to sound less like a communist and more like a right-winger.

These are the people that give socialism a bad rep.

I personally like doing my part by just kinda talking to people about anarchism. We all struggle in this system but a lot of us really don't know the root of it all. We all hate our boss, get stressed about having to pay taxes and rent, and just living paycheck to paycheck. People are sick of it. So if you can just talk to your fellow humans, mono e mono, and portray leftist ideas with positivity and not "fuck capitalism, you should hate it too!!1" that could make a difference. I think what's pushing a lot of progressive but still liberal people away from full blown socialism (anarchy) is the general negative attitude that Leftist show AND not truly being able to imagine it. So if we all wanna change that and have a honest discussion with our friends and family about anti-capitalism in an informed and good-faith manner, we might actually have a chance at spreading a wider message.