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The reason Spain didn't work, which was on a large scale, is not do with anything you mentioned. It was brutally crushed by all major nations in the world. You

The reason Spain didn't work, which was on a large scale, is not do with anything you mentioned. It was brutally crushed by all major nations in the world. You can't say how it wouldn't work otherwise, because it did work, and was crushed with violence.

kstenerud 2y ago
Ah yes... "It only failed because of the concentrated efforts of THE ENEMY, who couldn't bear to see it succeed." Now where have I heard that one before? Oh right, it was Putin, explaining why communism turned into a monster, and communism was in fact inflicted upon poor Russia by the west to destroy their socialist paradise... This is how zealots speak. Their philosophy and their people are pure and innocent. Therefore any time it fails, it can only be THE ENEMY's influence.
- AndyNemmity 2y ago
  It literally failed due to the concentrated efforts of the world. That's historical fact. That doesn't mean it wouldn't have failed for specific reasons if allowed to continue, however we don't know what that failure would be, and stating it as was done, is a ridiculous idea.
  - pixl97 2y ago
    Welcome to the world that will gladly concentrate its efforts against you, reiterating the point of the post above you. Which may be the answer to this entire thread, anarchism isn't going to work unless the world decides to let it work (hint, people in power aren't going to let this happen).
    - Log_out_ 2y ago
      And yet some like the swiss survive the whole world preparing to come down on them.it can be done .. nowadays with weapons of mass destruction more than ever.
    - AndyNemmity 2y ago
      That is a central issue with a society based on something other than the Authority of Privately owned dictatorships. How to reasonably change from a method of complete control, to one which opens the door for other paths. I don't disagree with that. It has been, and always will be the central question on how to remove dictatorships.
    - kstenerud 2y ago
      "THE ENEMY" will never allow it to work. That's what keeps the idealist dream alive (for the struggle!), and why I'm not worried that you'll make any progress.
      - AndyNemmity 2y ago
        This is such a superficial argument against. You can make much more substantive arguments against Anarchism that are reasoned, and reasonable. Making things up instead of understanding the historical record is a choice.

kstenerud 2y ago

Ah yes... "It only failed because of the concentrated efforts of THE ENEMY, who couldn't bear to see it succeed." Now where have I heard that one before? Oh right, it was Putin, explaining why communism turned into a monster, and communism was in fact inflicted upon poor Russia by the west to destroy their socialist paradise... This is how zealots speak. Their philosophy and their people are pure and innocent. Therefore any time it fails, it can only be THE ENEMY's influence.

AndyNemmity 2y ago
It literally failed due to the concentrated efforts of the world. That's historical fact. That doesn't mean it wouldn't have failed for specific reasons if allowed to continue, however we don't know what that failure would be, and stating it as was done, is a ridiculous idea.
- pixl97 2y ago
  Welcome to the world that will gladly concentrate its efforts against you, reiterating the point of the post above you. Which may be the answer to this entire thread, anarchism isn't going to work unless the world decides to let it work (hint, people in power aren't going to let this happen).
  - Log_out_ 2y ago
    And yet some like the swiss survive the whole world preparing to come down on them.it can be done .. nowadays with weapons of mass destruction more than ever.
  - AndyNemmity 2y ago
    That is a central issue with a society based on something other than the Authority of Privately owned dictatorships. How to reasonably change from a method of complete control, to one which opens the door for other paths. I don't disagree with that. It has been, and always will be the central question on how to remove dictatorships.
  - kstenerud 2y ago
    "THE ENEMY" will never allow it to work. That's what keeps the idealist dream alive (for the struggle!), and why I'm not worried that you'll make any progress.
    - AndyNemmity 2y ago
      This is such a superficial argument against. You can make much more substantive arguments against Anarchism that are reasoned, and reasonable. Making things up instead of understanding the historical record is a choice.