I am an anarchist. But I am not an asshole, I would like to understand why some communists are so hostile against anarchist and why some anarchist are so hostile toward communism.

I don’t understand that. There are a lot of common ways of doing things between anarchists and communism and we both have the goal.

It can seem like a very stupid post, but I am really trying to understand :)

  • SFloss (they/them)
    41·
    4 years ago

    Communists tend to see anarchism as idealist and thus not rooted enough in reality to bring actual, lasting change. A good summary of communist criticisms of anarchism can be found on Cuba’s Wikipedia-like site.

    https://www.ecured.cu/Anarquismo

    • SnowCodeOP
      21·
      4 years ago

      Well, anarchist is more complex than that. It’s not always individualist, “subjective” (???, what is objective then?). They are basically saying anarchist understands nothing. Which is wrong, we agree on Marxism on many points, except centralization.

      This is not an accurate definition of anarchism according to me and is very reductive.

      You can’t really make a good critic when the definition itself is different for everybody.

        • SFloss (they/them)
          2·
          4 years ago

          I don’t think I agree with this opinion. Objectivity and subjectivity exist in dialectical unity and employing only one of these in any analyses will ultimately lead you to an incomplete worldview and praxis. Both are necessary.

          “For this individual the subjective aspect exists only in relation to the objective aspect (the concrete reality, which is the object of analysis). Subjectivity and objectivity thus join in a dialectical unity producing knowledge in solidarity with action, and vice versa.” - Paulo Freire in Pedagogy of the Oppressed

            • SFloss (they/them)
              2·
              4 years ago

              Subjectivity will always be subordinate to objectivity

              Yeah I definitely agree with you here, the universe is objective and from that material reality people have their own subjective experiences. As I said, they both exist in dialectical unity. So because they both exist in this way, you absolutely can’t ignore subjectivity when engaging in solidarity with others and analyzing their material reality. You’d wouldn’t be getting the full picture of how their objective reality interacts with their subjective experiences and vice versa.

        • SnowCodeOP
          1·
          4 years ago

          I am saying the definition is different for everyone because anarchist and communist don’t define anarchism the same way. Anarchist wants to abolish hierarchy, that’s the definition. What ever type of anarchism, it remains the same. I don’t really see what’s subjective in this.

          Which is not the same as the definition given on the article.