Post #506208

2026-03-03 16:59 UTC

Anarchists wrote books too ya know, you can’t just escape reading by changing you’re allegiance. The only real problem with the people who don’t want to read theory is they just love talking over the people who did. The Dunning Kruger effect exists in revolutionary spaces.

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@evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 17:46

Reading theory ≠ being highly competent, though. Dunning Kruger states that people with low competence (in specific areas) overestimate themselves, and highly competent people underestimate themselves. Reading doesnt necessarily make you better at things (though obviously it can help). A community organizer that’s been feeding the hungry for 40 years but has never read a political book will be more competent than someone who’s read hundreds of books but never gone out and done stuff.

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@naught101@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 22:17

The all theory and no action crowd are definitely more annoying and proficient at taking over spaces and killing the vibe, in my experience (e.g. socialist alternative here in Aus)

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@postcapitalism@lemmy.today 2026-03-04 01:12

Depends what yah read though, doesn’t it

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