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[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

"The good of the people" is a noble enough goal. Unfortunately, the people in charge of these movements are people who deliberately seek power, and for the most part, those people are vain greedy, brutal, a-holes.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

people in charge of these movements are people who deliberately seek power

"Don't trust anyone who tells you what to do"

"Okay, I'm not going to trust you."

"No, you idiot! That's not what I meant!"

So, anyway, let's talk about why the Anarchists of the Spanish Civil War got absolutely rolled by the well organized and disciplined Fascists. Then maybe pop over to Russia, China, Cuba, Korea, and Vietnam, and consider why Marxism have had a better record on self defense.

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