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[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

This questions gets asked a lot in many variations, which is why a more detailed answer based on the works of many anarchists can be found in An Anarchist FAQ:

How will an anarchist society defend itself against the power hungry?

My personal take:

A society that was able to establish anarchy or something similar already proofed that they are able to kill/destroy/abolish the state, capitalism, patriarchy etc. I don't see how a single charming person with some guns is able to somehow just defeat all of that. What I want to say is, the tools, skills, relationships necessary to defend an anarchist society have to exist before anarchy is actually achieved (or they get created in the process of achieving anarchy).

And personally I see the (not anarchist but ideologically similar) projects in Rojava and Chiapas as great examples of revolutionary projects that are able to defend themselves against powerful opposition using everything they can.