• hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    Yep.

    “Boy” is only the opposite of “girl” if you’re working within the framework of gender binary. One could equally argue that “non-binary” is the opposite of both “boy” and “girl.”

    Similarly, “Right Libertarian/AnCap” and “Tankie” are opposite ways to justify authoritarianism and atrocities (dictatorship of the “market” vs dictatorship of the proletariat). “Anarchist/Left Libertarian” is the opposite of both because both assert that non-consentual hierarchies are normal and excuse the atrocities that come with them while anarchism rejects the validity of non-consentual hierarchy.

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      8 months ago

      within the framework of gender binary

      Oh no… okay that’s on me. I adjusted the analogy to one that’s independent of gender issues.

      But actually, I do agree with your analogy as applied to boy/girl, and the whole rest of what you’re saying here. It’s more or less what I was saying actually, I think – tankies and ancaps have quite a lot in common with one another and the answer lies somewhere else entirely.