dandelion (she/her)

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  • no, I’m not named after the character in The Witcher, I’ve never played
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I definitely feel like I’m more of like a dumpling than a woman at this point in my life.

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  • wouldn’t Peter Kropotkin’s Conquest of Bread be a classic example?

    I would imagine reading classic anarchist works by Bakunin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, etc. would probably illuminate many of the similarities and divergences with communism. Anarchism is a form of left-communism, so reading Lenin and Engels can also be illuminating to the way more right-wing forms of communism differ, in particular Lenin’s “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder and The State and Revolution, and Engels’ “On Authority”

    I don’t personally know of any history book that systematically records examples of conflicts between anarchists and communists.

    You might also be interested in Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, since it also covers the way the USSR suppressed the anarchist revolution in Catalonia.

    Emma Goldman’s My Disillusionment in Russia might also be relevant, for an anarchist perspective on the USSR. Goldman also has some writing on Catalonia, for an American anarchist perspective on the revolution there.

    Anarchism & communism are both broad movements, so what you are asking for is a very broad scope - I would suggest narrowing to a particular point of interest - in what context are you interested in differences between anarchists and communists? You may not care at all about critiques of 19th century American individualists like Josiah Warren on the labor theory of value, for example.



  • they’re a woman and if I had to guess they are bitter about men (this could be for lots of reasons; least of which is because 1 in 3 women are victims of sexual or partner violence and 1 in 5 girls have been a victim of rape or attempted rape, the vast majority at the hands of men; if not for a reason as extreme as that, at the very least it’s not uncommon that men feel a right to talk over women, to be in their personal space, to ignore or dismiss their perspectives, and to demand women do supportive labor for them like making the coffee, scheduling the meetings, keeping notes, etc. for them).

    She is saying as a woman it makes her feel men are worthwhile for being willing to be contacted like this, presumably because a man choosing to do so shows a sort of kindness or good will that is redeeming.

    Then, the reporter is probably a man who read her comment and felt wronged for being described as part of the “terrible gender”, and what was reported her “sexism” for referring to men as a “terrible gender”.

    Obbviously the racism and transphobia are irrelevant given the comment and context, as is the sexism since her bitterness is literally being tempered by a redeemable quality she is praising that men would be willing to do this …

    so yeah, I dunno - removing the comment & banning her feels like punching down based on an unreasonable claim of sexism, though she doesn’t help things by responding to your confusion with hostility and unwillingness to explain what she probably feels should be blindingly obvious (particularly because it’s an issue of injustice)















  • I’m not an expert in media or journalism, so don’t take me seriously, but my speculation is that because American corporate media is for-profit and competing for attention, when something is new and getting attention, everyone competes to grab as much of the attention as possible (while it still generates interest), creating a fear of missing out for those who don’t try to monetize the new thing.

    You see this in all kinds of markets, like - why were two big blockbuster movies about Napoleon produced and then published around the same time? The anticipation of a cash grab invites others to see if they can get in on it and siphon some of the cash for themselves. Producers all compete to capitalize on consumer fads in general, and fads can even be artificially generated, through manipulation of consumers (whether through celebrity or influencer endorsements, guerilla marketing, or just traditional advertisements).

    Media is just another form of consumption and shows the same ebb and flow as other consumer markets.