cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/42620143

Their lives are blissful… free from the burden of self doubt.

Revolutionary Spain represents an example of extremely effective armed resistance to the rise of fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini, surviving for years. By contrast, many established democracies collapsed relatively quickly when invaded.

For more information, you can check out an anarchist FAQ’s answer to the question, “Does revolutionary Spain show that libertarian socialism can work in practice?”. For a more current example of an anarchist society working in practice, you could also check out the Zapatista movement, an anarchist society which today consists of at least 300,000 people.

If you’re unfamiliar with anarchism, you probably have some misconceptions about it, so I encourage you to watch the Q&Anarchy video series by Thought Slime or have a look through an Anarchist FAQ, because it’s almost definitely nothing like what you think.

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Both of your examples fared incredibly poorly under external pressure and collapsed. Which is pretty much what happens with every poorly aligned group of people.

      • REDACTED@infosec.pub
        11·
        3 days ago

        Do you not understand what is a state? Zapatista is essentially Amish community within a state. They can exist due to Mexico’s trade deals, security from external factors and bunch of other things the surrounding state is giving/guaranteeing, so it’s quite hard to collapse.

        When you’re in Zaptiska and you get critically sick. Do you die or do you get over yourself and go to a state’s hospital? Who foots the bill?

        It’s like they’re a bunch of roleplayers who have managed to bullshit themselves

        “where governments listen to us” lmao, okay edgelord. The real state does not give a shit about them, neither they listen to them. Only reason they have not been kicked out and banned is because they don’t threaten the actual state and Mexico doesn’t need anything from them.

        I read pretty much all your replies and you remind me of a typical ignorant rebel teenager who doesn’t really understand the world.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 days ago

        last i heard about the zapatistas they were being pressured and were in hiding.