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Not to be too topical but it was Parenti who dispelled my liberalism. Stop recommending On Authority to anarchists.
Anything in particular from Parenti?
Definitely the "Yellow Parenti" Speech and Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Yellow Parenti ofc
Tbf on authority worked for me*
(*wasn't an anarchist, but had a lot of "lib-soc" leanings when I first became an ml)
After reading Engels, I was like, "Wait a minute, he does have a point. How the fuck are we supposed to overthrow a class that owns everything, from wealth & capital to the armed security apparatus, without using violence and imposing the workers' authority over them? By begging for a change nicely?"