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[–] ILikeToMeow@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

My impression of Anarchists is one who is unable to separate the use of power (authority) from the misuse of it under Capitalism to oppress and exploit the masses as the result of trauma from experiencing this oppression (including indirectly by seeing it used on others while having empathy) and so making it psychologically difficult to confront this error in understanding the nature of power and it's necessity to suppress the Capitalists once the Revolution succeeds so that a counter revolution doesn't just take it all away again. That, and also often still having a lot of views of past and current Socialist countries that is in line with CIA/MI6/MOSSAD misinformation about them.

Edit: Even though Russia has gotten "Shock Doctrine" 'd into a Capitalist system (at an enormous cost to life) their position is in opposition to the Capitalist Imperialist Hegemony of the "Core Countries" (Global North) as they have been preparing to carve up Russia for them selves since the USSR was destroyed, forcing Russia to fight back, this makes Russia's position Revolutionary (Revolution is relative, Capitalism overthrowing Feudalism is an example of a Revolution, where as Capitalist Imperialism overthrowing anything is more akin to a predator killing it's prey and eating it's corpse.) as well as Anti Imperialist, this is why there is so much "news" that has tried to paint the Azov Kiev Regime of the Euromaiden Color-Revolution as "legitimate" and "heroic" while also demonizing Russia, misrepresenting Putin, and spreading racism such as calling Russians "orcs". Communists talk of "Critical Support" for Russia in acknowledgement of the fact that they are Capitalists (but not Imperialists) while also understanding that right now, they are on the right side of history as they're fighting against the Global Capitalist Imperialist Hegemony of the Global North.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Do you take away your own upvote?

[–] ILikeToMeow@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The "upvote on own post by default" makes me feel awkward, maybe I'm just weird.

Edit: Ok, I'm going to stop being silly about this and leave my posts at default. Also for some reason I can only load your comment via the alerts/notification thingy in Lemmy.ml

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"You'd support Japan in 1942!"

-Someone who supports Banderites in 2026