There is an interesting argument there by Andrei Grubacic linking preferences for MArxism and anarchism to different modes of production - industrial proletarians prefer Marxism whereas artisans prefer anarchism. I understand that anarchism was particularly popular in Eastern Europe where proletarianization was relatively low vis a vis artisanal mode of production.
Wojtek
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:48 AM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking of writing something about anarchism, and I'd like to harvest
> the collective expertise of this list.
>
> I feel like I've recently encountered, by random chance, a series of people
> who've said they were once anarchists but gradually "grew out of" anarchism
> and moved in a more Marxist direction.
>
> My first question is: how common is this phenomenon?
>
> My second question is: did you go through this trajectory? If you did, I'd
> love to hear about it. Please, please drop me a line offlist.
>
> Thanks,
> SA
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