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[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many anarchists were simply murdered:

nazy-germany the anarchist movement was whole-sale murdered. Since then there is no anarchsist movment in germany.
franco-fascist-spain he murdered 200,000 anarchists after the civil war
ukraine machnowiki anarchists
russian anarchists and many more...

that is the reason why there is no anarchist movement in europe today. Before these events Anarchists were a major part of the workers movement.

[–] sab@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people nowadays also seem to buy into the idea that anarchists worship chaos and destruction. I'm not sure exactly where that idea comes from, but it's certainly convenient.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure exactly where that idea comes from

It's been propagated by the detractors of anarchism. The same defamation was used towards the republic when monarchies where the rule rather than exception. People often equated the concept of a republic with chaos and disorder, just like they now do with anarchism.