Yeah I mean reddit is a political echochamber and can't handle disagreement so it's unsurprising. Either way this comment exists and will hopefully pique at least someone's interest. It's a fantastic book

Unfortunately everyone knows anarchism is unachievable but sees some nobility in fighting for it regardless. This is very sad to me because it stops people from fighting for an actually achievable socialism, by obfuscating class dynamics, and creating pure ideals of liberty vs. authority that do not materially exist. This is unfortunately a victory of the capitalist class. Make the tool of Marxism sound scary and bad through decades of propaganda, and instead divert people's revolutionary energy into spinning their ideological wheels. The FBI even dispersed anarchist media in the 60s. Look at countries in the global south and notice that Anarchism isn't a thing there, and that people are fighting and have successfully fought for socialism. Anarchism ultimately is a white western trend in imperial core countries that have suffered the most from McCarthyism and red scare.

highly recommend this short and easy book: Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti