Friendship ended with America, EU is now my best friend

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Well, can you point us to an example where anarchy effectively worked? With more than a thousand people?
It just doesn't seem to function, and you just don't want to try to figure out why and fix it.
That's the problem IMO with anarchists (like you).
- Sure! Plenty of examples, both alive, and in the past.
  It's just extremely saddening when statists forgo teaching basic anarchist praxis, and prefer to indoctrinate statist homogeneity.
  Why does oppression function so well then, that freedom means now oppression of others, and you seem content on maintaining that contradiction? Since when was freedom justified in the oppression of others?
  My problem is I don't like oppression, but you do!
  
  Nah the problem is you're blaming everyone else for some reason.
  
  Blaming what‽
  
  Being asked for evidence that anarchism works and then just linking the US Revolution is an absolutely hilarious display of "Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?".
  
  Keyword is “past.”
  I'm aware literacy rates keep dropping. So I hope you get to reading!
  
  So at what point was the US revolution proof of anarchism working? When the rich landholders rebelled against the king? Or when the rich landholders retainer power after the revolution?
  
  When people united against a common oppressor.
  Now, could you please end their fascism for us? We don't like Xi imperialism either.
  
  When people united against a common oppressor.
  No offense but I'm not even sure if you know what your politics are. The US rebelled partially because Britain didn't want the colonists to expand West. It had nothing to do with anarchism.
  
  And what did Native Americans practice, colonialism?
  
  So just to nail down the goal posts before you move them again, you believe that native american tribes were anarchistic and because they were involved in the US revolution in some capacity, that makes the US revolution proof that anarchism works?
  
  goal posts before you move them again
  No oppression, ok.
  you believe that native american tribes were anarchistic
  Are you saying most weren't?
  because they were involved in the US revolution in some capacity
  Because they united against a common tyrant, yes, to revolt against a common oppressor, (oh look, my goal) to maintain their political ideology, (look solidarity!) When you know the declaration of independence was made to free everyone, EVEN if colonialists lied to keep slavery.
  that makes the US revolution proof that [solidarity against a common oppressor to liberate each other from oppression] works
  I hope this reading comprehension check works, if not, I hope you get to 12th grade comprehension this year!
  
  I hope this reading comprehension check works, if not, I hope you get to 12th grade comprehension this year!
  Just to let you know, this is the first time you actually explicitly said why the US revolution was proof of anarchism working. Maybe focus less on other people having a reading comprehension level high enough to pull the words out of your mind and actually state your point rather than hiding behind vague statements.
  When you know the declaration of independence was made to free everyone, EVEN if colonialists lied to keep slavery.
  I'm not going to even engage with your other points because this shows that you're very misinformed regarding the most basic facts of the US revolution. The declaration of independence was never supposed to apply to anyone other than (white) landholding men. Any indian tribes allied with either side were allies of opportunity. The colonists explicitly wanted to expand westward into the indians which the british were against. The british were not oppressing the indians, the colonists were.
  I'm not going to engage with your further since you don't seem to understand even your own positions.

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