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by IanDrake 2996 days ago
I would recommend less time studying theory and more time studying history.

Communism is great in theory but no matter how well read I am on Marx, Lenin, or Mao it won’t make communism work any better historically.

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Apart from Marx not one of those individuals has made any positive contribution to anarcho-communism, so I don't see your point.

Tell me your thoughts on Revolutionary Catalonia, or the Free Territory of Ukraine? Or the EZLN in Chiapas?

You're so keen to claim a complete understanding of Communist History, please explain these attempts.

Yeah, some how I knew you’d go there.

When you hold up small regions that survived for a short time (about 3 years), created nothing, then were defeated, I’m not sure you’re going to win against a system that created modern North America from nothing and has lasted over 200 years.

Anarchism is an abstract idea that has never worked, which is why all your examples are of anarchists that work with collectivist, squarely against their individualist ideals.