This essay was written in response to the revived interest in the Makhno Movement during the Russian Revolution. The work debunks the claims that the Makhno Movement (and Anarchism) was a viable alternative to State Socialism in defeating the opponents of the Russian Revolution or building a socialist alternative.
Such a banger. Reading this was integral to disillusioning myself with anarchism, as I absolutely romanticized and lionized great pillagers like Makhno. Some liberators!