Memes

ML states are pretty much the only places that the west hasn't managed to colonize. USSR, China, Vietnam, and Cuba lifted countless people out of horrific conditions and provided them with food, housing, healthcare, education, and jobs. Anarchists are glibly dismissive of that because they never had to experience conditions that colonized people exist in themselves.

There's a good reason why anarchism is only popular within the imperial core where anarchists reap the benefits of imperialism. Billions of people are subjected to incredible amounts of suffering to support the lifestyle of the golden billion in the west, but that's of no concern for people like @[email protected] who have nice comfortable lives built on the backs of the developing world. It's no wonder that these people see no rush to change things.

The only mental gymnastics happening here are the ones necessary to rationalize the fact that anarchists failed to achieve any tangible victories against capitalism in over a century. It's quite telling that anarchists continue to spend their time denouncing existing socialist projects instead of enacting any meaningful change in their own countries.