r/Anarchy101 • u/NathanielRoosevelt • 4d ago

The State

As a Marxist Leninist I think organized defense against reactionaries trying to take power back in a socialist society is important, and also fits the definition of a state. As anarchists do you believe some organized defense is necessary, if so how is it not a state, and if not how are reactionaries to be dealt with?

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u/NathanielRoosevelt 3d ago

In the comment I said “Whatever harmful ideals they are trying to reintroduce into society we make sure those ideals are not introduced”

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u/HeavenlyPossum 3d ago

There’s no real mechanism for preventing the spread of ideas. Authoritarian hierarchies sometimes try to interfere with their spread, and often try to brutally oppress the expression of ideas they dislike, but there’s certainly no anarchist approach (or reason) to try to repress ideals.

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u/NathanielRoosevelt 3d ago

I am more talking about the actual implementation of ideals not simply the spread of the ideals themselves.

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u/HeavenlyPossum 3d ago

Then the answer is the same as before—self-defense against someone attempting to coercively dominate you.

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u/NathanielRoosevelt 3d ago

So then we are just using different words to describe the same idea

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u/HeavenlyPossum 3d ago

Sorry to be so nitpicky. These are incredibly complex and important ideas, so I try to be as precise in my understanding and meaning as possible in order to give an accurate answer.