I had to learn that the hard way. Some people just like to argue for arguments sake.

I get where you are coming from, I used to be pretty anti authoritarian.

But if you give me the benefit of the doubt, I can suggest an article by Friedrich Engels on the topic, which ultimatively changed my mind: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:On_authority

businesses as worker owned coops

I mean isn’t that a soviet, or am I missing something?

kiddo needs more time before jumping in.

Maybe he would have more success if he sat instead. :P

Ngl, the blue and yellow sheep cracked me up a bit.

The “which side are you on” is kind of ironic isn’t it? I mean afaik it’s from an american socialist song which calls for solidarity between workers.

I probably have more in common with russian (or ukrainian for that matter) conscripts than with the weapons manufacturer CEOs who benefit most from this shitfest.

local anarchist groups and CPUSA/ML groups working together at rallies and picketlines.

True, but try putting that into a meme :P

If your anarchism starts and stops at your screen you’re just a liberal. Same for Marxist Leninism.

Yeah maybe liberal and activist woud’ve been more accurate.

They don’t tend to last very long because of US interference. But if you don’t use time as a merit but other measurable factors such education, social security or healthcare, I’d say they score at least en par if not better than SocDems.

This is so on brand. Especially the “I lack the discipline to regulary sit down and read a book, so I tell people I have ADHD even though we all know no licensed professional ever diagnosed me”-attitude.

Don’t worry, “true” and “false” are terms of the petty bourgeoise anyway.

Laughing about dead bourgeoise can never come soon enough.