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stagn2 wrote

I must be missing something.
To my knowledge anarcho-nihilism is very hostile to the left and civilisation, and tend towards the total destruction.
For me there is nothing wrong with that, they are very nice. But why would a leftist consider anarcho-nihilists true anarchists and anprim fake anarchists?

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ChaosAnarchy OP wrote

But why would a leftist consider anarcho-nihilists true anarchists and anprim fake anarchists?

probably because they reject the so loved left values

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stagn2 wrote (edited )

But both reject leftist values, indeed in some cases anarcho primitivists tend to be more "peaceful" toward humanist values, technology, and general society focusing on personal choices, trying to reconnect with nature, reducing their dependence on civilization...
Whereas anarcho nihilists focus much more on "total" destruction.

I pose two extreme examples between them, which do not rapresent an overall view of all existing subgroups, but they serve me to make the point:

So too does anarcho-nihilism understand the existing order of today as without potential for a positive agenda. Whatever we build within its bounds will be co-opted, destroyed, or turned against us: “We understand that only when all that remains of the dominant techno-industrial-capitalist system is smouldering ruins, is it feasible to ask what next?”
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/serafinski-blessed-is-the-flame

To anticipate the anarchist critic: desertion does not necessarily imply that all forms of attentat are to be rejected outright; but it does mean a profound reevaluation of what some anarchists have vaguely taken to calling “attack,” which I feel has been greatly exaggerated in importance, often very misguidedly conducted, commonly easily recuperated by the parasitic social classes, and woefully overshadowing what ought to be the primary goals of desertion, autarky, and reinhabitation. It is only an empty bluff, or a suicidal and mass homicidal impulse, to prioritize attacking civilization when oneself and one’s kin totally depend on its infrastructure and social relations for their survival.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bellamy-fitzpatrick-an-invitation-to-desertion

edit: I read the comment on reddit and many dont have any idea of what anarcho-nihilism means:

It's an interesting association. I took it to mean Transhumanism is inherently ideology agnostic and gels well with nihilism on that most of the things we value lose the same value in the face of big T transhumanism where we become post-human.
https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/comments/wafssx/comment/ii0t7iz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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