Hello Everyone! (A more in-depth introduction/2017 version)

[TheWPCTraveler]

VGPolyglot said:

TheWPCTraveler said:
How'd you wind up an anarcho-communist?

I mean, your position makes sense for the most part to me. From my perspective, it looks like you believe true anarchy requires communism and vice-versa.
I wrote a long post earlier, but I don't really feel like rewriting it after my router crapped out. So, I may as well let you know that I respect you in spite of the fact that we're probably diametrical opposites in terms of our beliefs.

Well, there are multiple factors in my life that influenced that.

1. I was born in the United States but then moved to Canada. There's a lot of nationalism and patriotism in the two countries, but life in both of them are almost indistinguishable. So, I've never been nationalist

2. My parents were host families for international students. Therefore, I'd have people from all over the world live at my house, like China, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Spain. So, I was very interested in other cultures, and most of the people were very nice.

3. I am a huge fan of history, particularly from the 19th century onwards. So, I read about a lot of different countries and wars. I actually was very anti-communist at one point, because I really didn't like the regimes of the PRC, DPRK and USSR.

4. However, as I began to dig more into it and see all of the poverty in the world, it made a system where there isn't such extreme income inequality more desirable. So, I became more sympathetic to left-wing views.

5. I also read about American foreign policy, and learned about a lot of the horrible things that they've done. So, I concluded that the system was bad from its core, because being based on competition there'll always be winners and losers, so there needs to be a system that's based on cooperation instead. And since I didn't like the path that the authoritarian socialist regimes took, I started confirming myself as a libertarian socialist, to which I see anarcho-communism as the best outcome considering the technology and resources that we have.

Oh, I was just interested in (5), but thanks for clarifying everything anyway. It's interesting to see just how the frame of reference of an observer will affect his conclusion.

To be fair, anarcho-capitalism is just one step of anarchy back from anarcho-communism. It's a really fun way of "triggering" the libertarian sect at my university, so to speak.

Oh, and if you haven't played Victoria II or any Hearts of Iron game, why don't you try playing them? There's a good infographic on grand strategy games that I'm willing to share if you're interested.