The problem with tankies isn't the use of any violence, the problem is the enshrinement of centralized coercion.
If one values non-hierarchical relationships, then it stands to reason that one ought to be committed to diminishing
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the domination system.
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Since violence is the force of domination, it stands to reason that the core anarchist value is nonviolence.
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Sure, I'll grant you that anarchism ultimately bends towards non-violence, deescalation, non-aggression. But!
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Just because anarchism would look like that in ideal situations doesn't mean it doesn't oblige violence here and now.
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Shooting Hitler is not an "authoritarian" act except in the most context-deprived sense. Same with shooting Lenin.
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