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rot wrote

I still dont know what lifestlylism is

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heckthepolice2 OP wrote

Basically it means "any type of anarchism Murray Bookchin doesn't like". More specifically, it includes all individualist, nihilist, anti-civ, post-left, egoist, illegalist, and insurrectionist strains (just off the top of my head). He claims that people of these tendencies view anarchy as a "lifestyle," in contrast to "social anarchists" like himself who focus on building a broad social movement to overthrow capitalist (though he later disavowed anarchism entirely to focus on building his own patented brand of "Libertarian Socialism"). You'll note, of course, that this is an obvious false dichotomy and that in fact the people who live anarchist "lifestyles" are often the most committed to activism and revolution.

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rot wrote

ah, so rather than individual direct actions he favors large scale social movements.

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ziq wrote

I wish we were on reddit so I could bask in the glow of your swarm of downvotes.

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ziq wrote

The veins in their foreheads would be pulsating up a storm. So hot.

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