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Thats why we approve of dual-power and anti-power approaches. Basic reading in practical anarchist thinking would show how our forms of democracy work differently than what youre used to. Consensus democracy is what we want.
It's not a matter of approval, though.
Historically speaking, they haven't worked. Anarchist organizing is easily infiltrated, regularly undermined, and poorly provisioned. The ideals are strong but the executions have proven lackluster time and time again. The end result over the long term is a chronic sense of paranoia and alienation among veterans. And that shrinks the pipeline of younger and more idealistic activists, who then turn to more stable and well-resourced alternatives.
Basic reading is engaging and inspiring. But the praxis is another creature entirely. Anarchist propagandists love to talk down to skeptics. Anarchist activists are far more pragmatic and self-critical.
You and I have differing experiences. Maybe its just me, but down here in the South we like to dance.
If you want to poke holes in anarchist theory from a comfortable chair knock yourself out but I wont be your target.
I don't know which South you're in. I see plenty of liberalism, plenty of libertarianism, plenty of social democracy, and plenty of Christian democracy.
Vanishingly little anarchism as the textbook thumpers want to describe it.