what my problem with the anarchists is their 'regulative Idea' (to use your logic against you), means = the ends (how absolute is that?).. this leaves us with very little to do (ill see you at the organic aisle)... i often read anarchist stuff and think, this is badiou, but with a small dick complex.. why are they so afraid to confront history (but at the same time, as far as i know, are pretty quick to dismiss previous anarchist movements)?.. (separate betrayals from the Truth).
don't lump me in with whatever your misguided notion of an "anarchist" is. & I don't fully endorse or dismiss any previous movement, they all have lessons which can be taken from them.
I simply reject anything beyond, as I've said, what I can see face to face. that's not to preclude solidarity, or to disengage from the world as it is, just that per the excellent Graeber quote (which I also heartily agree with btw) I'm highly skeptical of any system that claims to speak for an abstract "we", especially a system with such a bad historical record.
your line about refusing to confront history is rich, given that communists are the absolute kings of refusing to confront history, refusing to admit that their hypothesis (or "hypothesis") is simply wrong.
edit edit: i think we need each other. and we can name it whatever you like!
yes, except, you see, "your" side has the particularly nasty habit of rounding up everyone from "my" side (or anyone who will question the wisdom of Politburo) & shooting all of us as soon as you take power. it's happened time & time again. so, yunno, again, highly skeptical.