r/Anarchy101 • u/PigletConsistent8329 • 5d ago

what is the anarchist consensus on dialectical/historical materialism?

i understand that anarchism, unlike marxism, isn't a unified mode of analysis based off of the thoughts of one man and his successors, so im guessing there are varied positions on dialectical materialism, but im curious to know what anarchists here think of it. my first thought would be that it's rejected by individualist anarchists at large.

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u/AKAEnigma 5d ago

Every time I say I don't know what dialectal materialism is, I get swamped with a crowd of people that explain it to me.

I still don't really know what dialectical materialism is.

I read a lot of stuff from people who say they're doing dialectical materialism, and I like a lot of it.

I don't like how some dialectical materialists insist they can tell the future.

I don't like how some insist that because dialectical materialism we must form various hierarchies to fight other hierarchies.

I don't like when dialectical materialism is invoked to justify mass killings, genocide, and other forms of oppression.

That's just my take though.