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submitted 3 months ago by yunqihao@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

This might be a silly question, so I want to preface it with an apology in advance and if you think there is a better place to ask please let me know.

I’ve come across a large number of self-described “anarchists” or “non-communist leftists,” or the like, mostly online,thanks to where I live (谢天谢地). But whenever you look a bit closer, the pattern is the same: underneath the aesthetics and language, it’s just liberalism. Pro-NATO positions, contempt toward the global periphery, and extremely reactionary responses when imperialism or capitalism are seriously questioned.

So my question is: Is adopting these leftist identities a kind of defensive mechanism (an attempt to distance themselves from the real-world damage caused by liberal ideology) or am I misunderstanding what’s actually going on?

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[-] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

being a non-marxist leftist is so fucking funny to me. does that mean a pro capitalism leftist?

A lot of self described anarchists do seem to loop back to liberal beliefs, but they might just not actually know what the fuck anarchism is because i know some anarchists and theres nothing lib about them.

[-] yunqihao@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

A terrifying amount of people are just allergic to books or doing any analysis on anything deemed bad by the liberal system.

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