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Very well said.

“But anyway: why the fuck are anarchists in the US looking for allies like boogaloos? Are they to stupid to act now on themselves in this insurrectionary situation?
And to the boogaloos: why not agitate boogaloos for our ideas instead of searching to ally with militaristic groups? I mean: don't you are able to base yourself on your own ideas? Don't you think anarchism has to offer a lot to rather confused anti-governement youth?“

These questions could have very well been the topic of discussion. The answer for many would be no to all those questions. And those aching for a BIG mass event thing happening, this makes sad. So they find a way around it: what’s something they already like? Therefore entryism, frontism, populism, demagoguery, rebrandings, etc. Realpolitics, whether miscalculated or misguided, or not anarchist, they think they can get something out of it.

“Anyway: is it militaristic illusions that leads you to seek the gunowners?”

Yes, like that other comment, something about male fantasies and militarized masculinities.
https://anarchistnews.org/comment/reply/1882/21507
Maybe macho leftists (like what someone encountered and described here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/adrienne-onday-di-ka-naman-tunay...) feel more at home with these other groups. Also something about “weaponizing identities”.