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    “SEEEE!!! ANARCHISM IS WAYYYY BETTER THEN MLS IN THIS ONE RANDOM SITUATION I MADE UP!!!” anarchists probably

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    Their fatal flaw is assuming that cults are inherently hierarchical, which isn’t true. Though it’s true that most popular cults do revolve around a prominent figure who is provided power (I.E. the cult leader), there are plenty of cults centred around documentation, philosophy, etc. and don’t exhibit a clear power structure.

    I’m not going to say Anarchism is a cult, but it is not diametrically opposed to cultish behaviour. This can be seen on full display on the online left and their dogmatic approach to dialectics.

    You can also argue that literally all politics are “cultish”, because the qualifier for something being a cult is defined as “a group or movement held together by a shared commitment to a charismatic leader or ideology. It has a belief system that has the answers to all of life’s questions and offers a special solution to be gained only by following the leader’s rules.” If Anarchists are going to argue that we’re cultists for our upholding of Marxist philosophy and scientific socialism, then they should look in a mirror, because they do the same with Anarchist philosophy.

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    A physics analysis: Why Relativity is wrong

    So if you think about the Newtonian theory of physics it is not false. The entire Newton physiscs model is based around observation. Science revolve around observation. Einstein tend to think of gravity as time-space and wierd shit like this. He tend to believe in theorical stuff. Einstein generally have a strong aversion for simple observable stuff. He seem to label a lot of things as “dark” like “dark matter” and “dark energy” whenever there is something he can’t observe. That’s common unscientific behavior. What do y’all think of my analysis?

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    Their favorite anarchist experiment was literally named after one drunk, probably rapist guy. Makhnovshchina? Talk about delusions of grandeur and cult-style behavior.

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      Honestly I don’t even think Makhno was a real anarchist - he was just a common thug who used “anarchism” as an excuse to get revenge on the Mennonites lol.

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    Normally I’d think an analysis would take more than 14 lines, but my eyes have truly been open.

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    Anarchists seem to label you a ‘‘tankie redfash’’ or a ‘‘statist’’ whenever you disagree with them on their version of what socialism should look like. That’s common cult behavior. What do y’all think of my analysis?

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      That’s because Marxism is philosophically completely opposed to religion. Any idelogical closing to religion is always result of adopting idealism, abandoning marxist positions, and usually coupled with political opportunism.

      Example, though not ML yet since it was 1908+, were people like Anatoly Lunacharsky or Alexander Bogdanov (though neither of them ever arrived at the point of cult since their devolution was stopped at some point before).

      Edit: i don’t understand, we got literal godbuilders resurrection here or people claiming to be ML seriously don’t read Marx, Engels and Lenin?

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        Tbf Black Hammer began as a Maoist/Maoist-adjacent group and their leadership railed against MLs from the start. Not disagreeing with you though, ostensible Marxist-Leninist cults have existed I’m sure

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      mainly had an anarchist philosophy not an ML one.

      Do you honestly expect people making posts like one in the OP’s screenshot to know the difference? Much less understand it?

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    Idk argue this take is a turd laying on a pigs balls but at least the image of the poop on the pigs balls is useful.