CaptainACAB wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:39 PM

Anarchist.

Would it be better if I had picked a modern anarchist?

Doesn't matter. That's not why you've generated anger. You waltzed in here and misinterpreted our way of viewing things in the same way many others like you have before. Had you not done that, I would've given your username an eyeroll at the absolute worst.

L0rdEMPRESS_GaLaXyBrAiN wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:41 PM

I hate to use the word sheeple, but it gets harder and harder the older I get and the longer I spend in leftist-adjacent spaces.

Peter_J_Kropotkin OP wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:41 PM

Seriously though, why would any anarchist roll their eyes at the Santa of communism? He's not a controversial figure like Stirner or something.

CaptainACAB wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:46 PM

I'd be rolling my eyes at the idea of someone using the name of a person long dead, not at Kropotkin himself. Reeks of idolatry in the most banal sense.

Peter_J_Kropotkin OP wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:53 PM

I don't think there's anything wrong with honoring the greats.

CaptainACAB wrote on November 7, 2019 at 2:01 PM

An online username isn't what I would call "honoring", but whatever.

the greats.

I feel like any anarchist worth their salt would balk at this sentiment.

L0rdEMPRESS_GaLaXyBrAiN wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:54 PM

Religious dogma.

L0rdEMPRESS_GaLaXyBrAiN wrote on November 7, 2019 at 1:42 PM

Stirner is only controversial if you never finished the first chapter of the ego book.