The Anarchists | Official Trailer | HBO

HBO Original documentary series #TheAnarchists follows an eclectic cast of dreamers, fugitives, and crypto-enthusiasts whose annual gathering in Acapulco, Mexico becomes a massive anarchist community — but what begins as a hopeful experiment to live out a radical new way of life proves to be more challenging and dangerous than anyone could have expected. The Anarchists premieres July 10 at 10PM on HBO Max.

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[LateCigs]

Regardless of how you feel about anarchy or what you believe counts as "real anarchism", I think if any of you are expecting a good representation of it from a billion-dollar corporation you're in for a disappointment.

[gregilyniak]

Meanwhile in Mexico an actual Anarchist territory; Zapatistas Chiapas has been existing since 1994 and has very recently gained more land.
But I imagine the statists in this show aren't interested in showing that.

[tonydejesus]

These aren’t anarchists, these are crypto-libertarians.

[AmpluexCompressa]

Fun fact: there are many differing schools of anarchist thought, including but not limited to anarcho-mutualism, anarcho-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, and anarcha-feminism. They all hate anarcho-capitalists, who are the group shown in this trailer.

Edit: Getting a lot of replies, and some are pointing out the important fact that anarcho-capitalism is often considered not to be an actual form of anarchism. Anarchism means "no rulers, " and under capitalism the person with the most money is a de facto ruler. So the problem isn't just that a documentary called "The Anarchists" is showcasing the most maligned form of anarchism, it's more that it's showcasing something that arguably isn't anarchism at all.

[WileyLynch]

Ancaps and Libertarians, HBO, get it right.

[NathanCline-]

"An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave." Ammon Hennacy

[scamp_media]

"Freedom without Socialism is privilege and injustice and that Socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality." Bakunin

[adamseidel]

This series is akin to a bunch of children playing with fireworks and subsequently blowing their own hands off.

[Slippindisc]

00:17 is a super rough, obvious edit. we. wanted. a. pure. anarchist. life. FOR. our. KIDS.

[macsleaze]

Bunch of rich anarchists. Makes sense.

[TheStrikeofGod]

>The Anarchists
>AnCaps
omegalul

[kademcarthur]

Me: Mom, can I have anarchism?
Mom: No, we have anarchism at home
Anarchism at home:

[KootFloris]

There's a huge difference between responsible collaborative anarchism and elitist rich dudes trying to be free of all government, because "hey no taxes, don't want to be paying for hospitals, roads and schools", even when societies with good infrastructure do so much better.
Good anarchists make things work together, this feels like sick bitcoin party.

[---ojzj]

Always thought anarchism was about catering to yacht owners and crypto investors....

[mattmacintosh]

This has absolutely nothing to do with anarchists

[kademcarthur]

I’m honestly disappointed no actual Anarchists broke in to Anarchapulco and trashed the whole place.

[buuh]

before i clicked i thought "i bet this is gonna have some white people with dreads" and i was not disappointed

[flobernardarmitagewarburto]

If you want to talk about anarchism you should talk to people who read Goldman, Bakunin or Kropotkin and not....Musk

[DiscipleOfHeavyMeta]

When your ideology is so subversive, it's promoted on HBO.

[joshlockie]

These guys don’t represent anarchy well, they’re not the type of people who put their shopping carts back on their own.