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Why do anarchists seem to be more prone to action than some other leftist groups/Why do anarchists get most of the press these days? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Title. Is it because looser adventurism gets more headlines? is it an image thing? Dunno how to articulate reliably what I'm thinking, just seems like all I hear about are "anarchists squat building", or about food not bombs (admirable work so I hear), or is it just down to difficulty in organising in other groups?

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[–] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I am extremely jade about this. A lot of action that is taken can be reduced down to anxiety relief and identy expression. Anarchists and many leftist types fetishize action but imo it just increases the amount of masterbatory, self serving actions that are more about profile building than anything else.

There is the trope that western leftists don't do anything. Haha... Well it's actually a lot worse than that I'm afraid. It's also that the actions that are taken are also undignified. It's not just a lack of organization or action that holds us back.