• doubtingtammy
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    3 months ago

    An anarchist would take off the capitalist mask to reveal hierarchy

    • UltraGiGaGigantic
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      3 months ago

      Wouldn’t the state also be in the frame before the capitalist at the end?

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        I’m an ML but no, states are more fundamental than capitalism. There were states prior to capitalism and they will likely exist after capitalism, but capitalism cannot exist without a state as the special apparatus of class oppression.

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          As an ML though you could argue that states are downstream of the economic circumstances that force their development