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I had a discussion with @Cowbee@lemmy.ml recently where they insisted that Anarchists on Hexbear accept Lenin's analysis of Imperialism and therefore all support "Actual Existing Socialist" states such as Cuba, USSR and I guess North Korea as well.

In fact, they argued it's the reason most anarchists of Hexbear don't like to discuss anarchism away from hexbear, explicitly because outside anarchists do not support "AES".

So I'm curious to see what your thoughts are on this. If you're an anarchist who supports "AES" how do you square this support with the conflict these states have with anarchist theory on hierarchy?

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[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What? Anarchism is generally anti-statist and socialists sure love to shoot anarchists. By the logic of AES, Anarchists should support Assad and not the YPG since one is "anti-imperialist" and the other exists due to US military support.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hey I'm as confused as you are. Which is why I opened this thread.

[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

definitely sounds like tankie shit. glad we're on the same page.