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I was watching Philosophy Tube and thoht, "Man, this guy has such good takes!". I also simply EQUATED the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of being worthy of support, even if it wasn't being pro-America. I also watched tons of video essays, and thoht that Adorno and Horkheimer were absolute geniuses and wanted to get my hands on Dialectic of Enlightenment. Also, lots of shitty video essays, lots of Vaush, lots of "left" streamers who were pampered douchebags.
I am not exactly sure what cured my Anarchism. I think it was actually Anarchist refutations of Capitalism that eventually lead me to MLism, such as the idea that people are not naturally self-serving, which I got from Kropotkin. I do know that with the United States getting more and more fascist, I realized that just going against all authority is a stupid idea, and that for a proper revolution, you need to have some hierarchy. In fact, I'd gladly have a socialist state not only to organize production in the hands of the workers, and not only to ensure that everyone has their needs met, but also to block US influence abroad, which will of course weaken it. Also, the state is not just an evil thing that will always be evil, but rather a monopoly on the use of force, and in the hands of the working class, that is actually very helpful.