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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
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Yes. If their anarchism drove them to adopt a puppy or eat a sandwich, that's affecting reality. Being an anarchist and doing anarchist things has the exact same relationship as being a volunteer firefighter and actually fighting a fire. Maybe you never get to actually respond to a fire, doesn't mean you're not a volunteer firefighter.
Anything else is gatekeeping, although 'm sure there's tons of "no true Scottsman" types in the anarchy camp.
wtf? A political movement doesn't just happen at random, and hopefully there's enough volunteer anarchists around to respond. We have to build any movement ourselves.
Your error here is thinking that political ideals must be a part of some movement, organization or group.
They don't.
Why? If someone's political ideals exist only in their head and aren't part of any movement, organizations, or actions, how are they relevant to anything?
Have you not heard of voting?
You vote for anarchist candidates or are part of an organization that promotes a candidate in exchange for supporting anarchist policy?
I vote for whoever I think would best represent my ideals, yeah.