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   escapingthetrap (mutualist@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 23:55:00 JST escapingthetrap

   Why has Anarchism been historically weaker in conflict than Nationalism when humans inherently want freedom? If anyone knows psychology or history please comment.

   #psychology #anarchism #discussion #debate #question #libertarianism

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     ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭ (radical_egocom@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 23:54:59 JST ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭

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     It's because #Anarchism has oftentimes lacked the organizational structure that's necessary to create mass movements and achieve political power, with exceptions such as Machnovischina and the CNT, but even those attempts failed.

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     ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭ (radical_egocom@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 07:18:50 JST ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭

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     Anarchist authors being censored by both left and right wing states doesn't explain why anarchism has been historically weak when it comes to conflicts, specifically as compared to nationalism, which was the original question I was answering.

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     Jencel Panic (abuseofnotation@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 07:18:51 JST Jencel Panic

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     @Radical_EgoCom @mutualist I think it is because the approach is too different from what we have now e.g. anarchists authors would be censored by both left and right-wing states (by all possible forms of state management, for that matter).

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     ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭ (radical_egocom@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 07:30:38 JST ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭

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     @abuseofnotation

     Of course it's not supported by any state, for obvious reasons, and it not having any structure of power is a problem with anarchism, specifically its rejection of hierarchical organization and coercion, which makes creating a powerful structure significantly harder.

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     Jencel Panic (abuseofnotation@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 07:30:39 JST Jencel Panic

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     @Radical_EgoCom Because it is not supported by any state and any structure of power in general.