They cannot see the things that will hurt them

2026-04-13 02:07 UTC

cross-posted from: 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&amp;Anarchy video series by Thought Slime or have a look through an Anarchist FAQ, because it’s almost definitely nothing like what you think.

Replies (8)

@OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 03:03

A couple of years sounds nice but no fully anarchist society has ever overthrown a state and remained stable long-term at a national level. I get that its more of a 'process of radical change' rather than an objective 'end goal', but i always thought anarchy was strangely way too optimistic about human cooperation. No rules (*obviously there would have to be some*), police or concept of state? With the amount of people ive encountered on this planet, that requires everyone to think exactly the same or change their views accordingly at the same exact time. Oof good luck with that

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@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 19:22

Don't get me wrong, I love the Spanish anarchists. Their story is very romantic and inspiring. However, they didn't exactly succeed no? The Spanish put up a solid resistance to fascism but in doing so they had to abandon quite a few of their ideals. I mean they had labor camps yk? They had to a build a semi-state apparatus in order to survive and I think that really undermines the message here.

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@Fontasia@feddit.nl 2026-04-13 12:44

This feels like reading the headline "Promising treatment for cancer in rats discovered" and immediately sticking your dick in a microwave because apparently "you will be fine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain

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@FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2026-04-13 02:44

Pretty sure the Spanish Anarchists lost to Nazis, so...

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@Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-13 04:34

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.

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@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 02:42

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@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2026-04-13 06:07

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fibDNwF8bjs

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@mr_anny@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-13 05:17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Somalia_(1991%E2%80%932006)

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