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Not everyone in the ZAD was on the same page, bro. The "East" Zadistes tended to be a sharply different crowd with a strong individualist culture.

To be forcing down a critical analysis of the ZAD in a funnel of "win" or "fail" occludes from what had to be learned about its failings (not failure). The ZAD's been an occupation, just with the difference of being a pretty large area instead of a building. Herd mentality focused on political antagonisms (the Airport, Vinci, the French State, the police) is what kept several people from seeing the hostile nature of some elements and interests within their own midst. The Left activist bullshit politics were predominant, as also these were conglomerated around the ACIPA and COPAIN 44. The eco-anarcho and individualist crowd has not produced any common political vehicle or infrastructure to support heir perspective. It was all makeshift initiatives, led by a few influential persons... tho there wasn't consolidation of power on "their" crowd. Some people then sided with these more politically "mature" structures, due possibly to their promise of empowering them and bringing resources and money in the ZAD... tho I can't pretend knowing what was holding them together from behind.

Is this also just about our more general human failings... that some good people tend to root for the crappiest, foul-mouthed abusive maniacs among us just because they dare imposing themselves, or due to some relational precedents (sex, predating experiences together, etc)? Perhaps.

I think you're right on 3 and 4. But I don't think the Tiqqunist and their ilk ever really pretended (2) to be anti-civ. They were the pro-motor vehicle crowd. Marxists tend to be the same elsewhere... packing up like sardines in their filthy, noisy "tapecul" cars to the Revolution (which a few years later means better jobs and better cars, more private communes. Sure there's the Ellul fans too...but that's just more of the same academic talk the NA anarchist milieus are known for. Imo, just fucking practice what you preach. Talk is cheap. Siding uncritically with internal reactionaries is very very costly.