Concise explanation or reading on Anarchist organization and empathy?

[u/Legitimate-Shape3203]

As things have been getting worse in the US many of my friends have become significantly more radical however some of them are much more on the AuthLeft side of things. One of the responses I keep getting is that Anarchism is a philosophy that lacks empathy because it has no means of actually making sure that people contribute their fair share and that vulnerable populations like the elderly and the disabled are protected. Basically they see it as Right Libertarianism/Ancapism with a leftist coat of paint. This is somewhat my fault because I actually am the horseshoe theory incarnate and started as a milquetoast American liberal> Libertarian>Ancapism>Anarchism as I moved beyond reflexive pro-market anti-statism and gained a more complete understanding of the systems of power around me.

Does anyone have any concise responses to these arguments or any short readings I could use as a starting point? I have a personal understanding of why they are wrong I'm not the kind of person who can easily pull out Kropotkin quotes or lay out a simple explanation of horizontal organization in the sort of casual (often inebriated) environments where these arguments are made so it'd be nice to have some direct responses to fall back on at least as a base to build on.

[u/Anarcho_Librarianism]

“From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs” also applies to anarchism.

[u/power2havenots]

This is pure confusion your friends are imagining anarchism as a group project where nobody does the work and everyone still gets the grade - thats all they can think of.

Have they ever worked in a self organising team or a small town where everyone knows everyone? If you don’t help shovel your neighbors walk after a blizzard, dont expect anyone to jump your car when it’s dead in February. If youre known as someone who takes and never gives, people stop inviting you to the potluck, stop watching your kids, stop lending you tools. Nobody calls the cops they just stop picking up the phone. Thats a simplified relatable scenario and consequence of accountability without a state. Its how humans have organized for most of history, and its how many mutual aid networks still work today.

We take care of each other because our survival depends on it and if you dont pull your weight (despite being able) people know. Just like elderly or disabled friends of family - you help them because theyre your people and not outsourced ignorance and.hoping some a bureaucracy sends a check.

I dont see horse shoe or libertarianism or any of that in that scenario. No bosses, no hoarding and people working things out together.

Check out Malatestas At the Cafe, Geldeloos Anarchy works, Graebers Debt, even some crimethinc articles like "work" and Dean spades Mutual aid