I think the word you’re looking for is answers not narratives, an narrative and an answer to the world are not mutually exclusive, if one has a narrative in them wholeheartedly, then there is a spiritual and emotional aspect to it, but if one merely has an answer to how the world works, it is but a piece of the could-be narrative or is left on the individual’s own consciousness left only in logical understanding.

I’m no ML, but if you’re asking what made me a Marxist instead of an anarchist, I would say that a transitional state (ie not government in the sense of the word), is needed, capitalism has to be deconstructed as we can’t just jump straight to it, and structurelessness is a grave weakness like overcentralization, both extremes are fragile within.

As to why I’m not a ML, I see it to be nothing more than panacea-mongering, a socialist government, constrained by the chains of global capital, hindered by centralized bureaucracy, in a single nation, will never bring global communism and will instead only continue to the samsara of capital as time, the banalities of capital, and inner power struggles destroy it.

It can be a method for advancing the struggle forward, but it is not the end-all, be-all method for the global world, and I would assume that MLs know this as well.

I usually advocate for international organizations as the best means forward, and actions in general that are across the board international, to fight a global enemy, we must fight in a global scale, not constrained by any politician or nation, as international proletariat, we are not bound or pledged to any of those, we are unchanging in global capitalism, they are not.

I’m recommending to read a ton of Marx and not just go with little Marx and then move onto Lenin or someone else, that’s my entire point here, I think that if you don’t have a substantial foundation of Marx before going to others, you’re gonna miss alot.

I was a ML until I read more of Marx’s works and letters beyond the minimal recommendations of “oh lol hey mate just read The Manifesto, Wage Lab & Cap, and his work on the french revo, not Kapital, it’s too hard! Afterwards, move onto Lenin because LOL there’s nothing to or beyond Marxism than just those works” Nowadays any “M”L who recommends Lenin after those works will peeve me to no ends, crucial works like the 1844 manuscripts are ignored because of that reductive view of Marx as only those works, if you’re a disillusioned anarchist, I would recommend going deep into Marx and not just stay on the surface.

I gazed into the stars and the stars bestowed upon me my Hogwarts horoscope, where I was a hufflepuff wrapped in the embrace of Peter Buttigieg’s hard working hands as he whispered into my ear “We should means test this with the hope that the United States stands for.” as he held up a severed arm of a Yemeni child.

The fondest anime for me, so good, and so is the manga.

“A few days ago the cheery little hunchback Wedde turned up – only to disappear again to Germany shortly after. He had a pressing commission from Geib to enlist you and me for the Zukunft. I made no secret to him whatever of our intentions of abstaining, to his great sorrow, and of our reasons for this, and explained to him at the same time that when our time allows or circumstances demand that we should again come forward as propagandists, we, as internationalists, are in no wise bound or pledged to attach ourselves to Germany, the beloved Fatherland.”

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1877/letters/77_08_01.htm

GL with Nian rolls.

Sounds interesting, first time I’ve heard of it.

No.

The cycle will continue, China will be bound even more to the chains of global capital, and will succumb to the countless innumerable stale generalised banalities of said chains.

We need internationalism, not a brand new nationalism coloured red.