I hate to say this, but this reads like someone who hasn’t done a lot of political engagement outside of an internet context. That’s not to disparage, but it might be helpful to talk to some normies. I’ve found that if you engage with people about the ideas of anarchism without getting into the nitty gritty language of political theory, then you’d find that a lot of people agree with anarchist principles.
Talking to tankies on the internet will not get you anywhere. You’ll never change their minds and you’ll only leave the situation frustrated. They specifically use demeaning language because they know it just might prompt you to write a whole essay about how mad you are about it.
I hate to say this, but this reads like someone who hasn’t done a lot of political engagement outside of an internet context. That’s not to disparage, but it might be helpful to talk to some normies. I’ve found that if you engage with people about the ideas of anarchism without getting into the nitty gritty language of political theory, then you’d find that a lot of people agree with anarchist principles.
Talking to tankies on the internet will not get you anywhere. You’ll never change their minds and you’ll only leave the situation frustrated. They specifically use demeaning language because they know it just might prompt you to write a whole essay about how mad you are about it.
So fuck 'em.
You clearly don’t live in a country with a huge Marxist Leninist party like I do. Tankies exist off the internet too.
That’s true, I don’t. But my point stands whether you’re talking about irl tankies or internet tankies all the same