Roundcat

I like the concepts of Anarchism. Rather than being run by a leader or following a bureaucracy,I believe people can come together as a community to provide the basic needs to each other. I am also queer, a believer in science, an atheist, and anything else that could possibly get me labeled as a "liberal". Personally I think things work better in moderation rather than as an all or nothing. I may be an anarchists, but I may share some values with a libertarian or an-cap who believes in capitalism. I'm not about to start a fight over which economic system is better, and will likely rely on them for help and resources. I just hope if we are facing down a tyrant or someone who wishes to do harm to the weak and vulnerable within our communities, we would stand together and help each other out.

I do have what would be considered more leftist tendencies, but I'm not a fundamentalist either. I feel through compromise, and mutual aid is how we as humans have survived since antiquity.

I'm just against authoritarianism. If you support or worship tyrants past or present, then you're no friend of mine.

I don't think it is as black and white as you say though. In general I have faced more bigotry from modern conservatives than I have from leftists. At the same time though the unironic worship of the Soviet Union, or communist icons like Mao and Che leave a bad taste in my mouth. One killed millions of his own people and waged a cultural genocide against traditional Chinese culture and the elderly. Che on the other hand was a homophobic bigot who attempted to eliminate the queer people from Cuba. I understand criticizing Capitalism, and having faith in an economic system that has TBF never been implemented in the way Marx or Ingles would've wanted, but to worship the regimes that took the label and did horrible things in its name? I believe in learning from the past rather than trying to recreate it. If communists really want to succeed, they need to stop emulating a failed past, and push towards a new direction.