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southerntofu wrote

Precisely. Wishful thinking like "we are a self-organized collective" is not nearly enough to fight domination within a collective. Anarchism is a constant questioning of power structures even within anarchist circles.

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shanc wrote

Wishful thinking like "we are a self-organized collective" is not nearly enough to fight domination within a collective

I'm reminded here that every 'collective' I've ever been involved with has without exception always been dominated by a handful of people. Once it was so obvious that the group used our 'right of recall' to expel one of the domineering people and... replace them with another domineering person.

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ziq OP wrote

For some reason even anarvhists are obsessed with personality cults, a I've never understood it.

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websterff wrote

It will always be, such is the nature of man. Anarchy is no exception).

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