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I know that anarchism, specifically anarcho-communism and marxism are very different. People always talk about their main difference being that they have a different means of achieving their goals but the same end goal , but that's definitely not true. So what are some of the ways they are different?

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[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

This is why historical materialist frameworks are required to plot anti-imperialist strategies. Marx, in his time, had limited access to statistics, and scholars often had to visit foreign libraries themselves to read a book. When statistics showed capital exports from imperialists out, it was assumed to be towards the periphery, rather than to other imperialists. This is important for understanding how the imperial core is able to delay revolution by exporting its contradictions.

No offense guys but if anarchism doesn't account for this - and shoehorning in anticolonialism is possible but is actively drawing from Marxist revolutionaries in the periphery anyways - you are going to try to create a classless society in Israel or Canada. I would say anarchism's lack of internationalism can even raise questions about it having the same end goal.