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sagesnow

(2,824 posts) Sun Sep 3, 2017, 04:14 PM Sep 2017

Wondering why Anarchists are [View all]

Wondering why Anarchists such as the Black Bloc are associated with the Left? Anarchists don't want any government or regulations. Right Wingers don't want government or regulations. Why do they march with Peace Protesters instead of with White Nationalists?

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Wondering why Anarchists are [View all] sagesnow Sep 2017 OP

Some of them are paid. DURHAM D Sep 2017 #1

They do seem strangely more organized than sagesnow Sep 2017 #13

An excellent point. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Probably to cause trouble to discredit the left ? rickford66 Sep 2017 #3

They're generally Libertarian Left. Oneironaut Sep 2017 #4

I think they're socially extreme left, everything goes defacto7 Sep 2017 #5

It's their style, not so much any sort of coherent message Warpy Sep 2017 #6

Anarchists don't really march. They show up to cause trouble. yardwork Sep 2017 #7

Extremists on the left and right are far more like each other than not but do also have Hortensis Sep 2017 #8

They aren't Rightists b/c they believe in democratic control of capital. QC Sep 2017 #9

Here is an interesting article about them from the June 21 New Yorker: janx Sep 2017 #10

left anarchists are generally fine with participatory democracy Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #11

+1 QC Sep 2017 #12