There's also that the superficial understanding of anarchism=freedom is too similar to the American ideology. It means that people can become anarchists without ever doing much self-criticism or examining their own biases.
Yeah that was a hurdle I got over mostly thanks of being exposed to the very broad diversity of takes on the old sub. I'm still an anarchist in many of my ideals, I grew up around a bunch of pot farmers old radical hippies and weird anarchist preppers so it's deeply embedded in my ideology. But I can also recognize that there is use value in all sorts of theory and praxis and I know who my comrades are.
There's also that the superficial understanding of anarchism=freedom is too similar to the American ideology. It means that people can become anarchists without ever doing much self-criticism or examining their own biases.
Yeah that was a hurdle I got over mostly thanks of being exposed to the very broad diversity of takes on the old sub. I'm still an anarchist in many of my ideals, I grew up around a bunch of pot farmers old radical hippies and weird anarchist preppers so it's deeply embedded in my ideology. But I can also recognize that there is use value in all sorts of theory and praxis and I know who my comrades are.