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When western anarchists dismiss AES countries for being "authoritarian" or "capitalist" then they are defaulting to the status quo of Western imperialism. When they say they dislike both USA and China for the same reason, they are again defaulting to Western supremacy whether they intent to or not.
I've had my share of anarchists that get extremely defensive over their country (usually USA) being criticized over enacting imperialism when they are criticizing AES countries and especially China and DPRK, as "whataboutism". It reeks of chauvinism and white supremacy, not realizing that there's an inherent behaviour of preferring their country to stay in power due to fear of "the scary Chinese" and etc.