The McKinley assassination is pretty shocking in retrospect. The president wasn't protected at all. Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley should not have died from his wounds, much like Garfield.

Interesting! Was anyone here ever taught about these events in school? I certainly wasn't! I'm familiar with some of the names but didn't know about the bombings, bloody protests, etc.

Communism definition- A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Anarchism definition- Belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

I disagree with how the word anarchist is being used nowadays, and contend that a good portion of those on the political right have at least some in common with anarchists. Those we see rioting in the streets are not anarchists, they are criminals who largely support communism and class warfare. Communism and anarchism have two very different goals and can never truly see eye to eye on political matters. Communism does not believe in anything voluntary per se, as in accordance to such beliefs communism goes the forced route, forcing everyone to go along to get along so to speak, in an effort to create a perceived equality among everyone. Anarchists on the other hand believe in voluntaryism, minimal government (more like none at all) involvement in our personal lives, and in the process individual liberty. While the conservatives and libertarians would not exactly be in favor of absolutely no form of government at all, they still are for as minimal government as possibly allowed in which to operate society, so in that respect they think similar to what anarchists advocate for.

In other words... one could only truly be either communist or anarchist, not both as the former is for forced cooperation more or less and the latter is for voluntary cooperation. Yet another reason why I don't trust media sources these days, mixing such terms to fit their narratives. BLM and ANTIFA are militant leftwing groups who support Marxist and progressive ideology, which runs afoul of smaller or no government concepts. Interesting stuff though, and certainly interesting albeit trying times we live in.