General Discussion

There are actually two factions within the far left historically. Anti-statists and authoritarian statists. Unfortunately, the authoritarian statists won that battle within the far left. Historically speaking, the working classes were not freed from their chains in any way. By staking the claim to be the "vanguard" to save the working class, the authoritarian statists instead enslaved it in a different form. Left-wing anarchists, left-wing communists, individualist anarchists, anarcho-socialists, revolutionary syndicalists and many other factions have nothing whatsoever to do with authoritarian statist ideology and totalitarian communism.

Making broad brush proclamations, without an understanding of the history, does nothing but sow confusion. There are many who do understand the history, and then make broad brush proclamations anyway. It's usually people indulging in rank sophistry to defend capitalism and master and slave social relations as the end of history.

If people are honest, and actually want a full understanding of the rich and storied history of the "far left", they should actually study that history. A good place to start would be here in the link below. It's far from only an archive on Marx and Marxism. It's a good primer on everything from Marx to Bakunin, everything in between, and much of what came before from the "far left." Cheers

https://www.marxists.org/archive/index.htm