• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    7 months ago

    Who said anarchists and their friends will not defend from outside threats? The Spanish anarchists organized and fought for 3 years against overwhelming odds when they had to.

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      7 months ago

      Also notably, the Kronstadt anarchists held a general assembly to dicsuss the question of “shall we accept Lenin’s ultimatum, or fight a battle against the Red Army?” and decided democratically to fight.

      (The battle was extremely bloody, anarchists lost and the Red Army won, at the cost of losing at least 5 times more people. Considerable numbers of anarchists escaped to Finland.)

      In short: anarchists can use heavy artillery when needed, even if they know that war is not healthy - neither for them or the society they want.