Of course, that is too honest to be a real Karl Marx quote. It is a popular meme that is used to mock the allegedly misguided view of many who oppose socialism. It has been famously paraphrased by prominent socialist, Richard Wolff. “Socialism is when the government does stuff; and it's more socialism the more stuff it does; and if it does a real lot of stuff, it's communism.” These comments were made sarcastically, as socialists do not believe that “government doing stuff” accurately sums up their ideology. I intend to argue that it does. Let me be clear: I am not proposing an alternate...
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Hearing the Other Side: Progressivism & Voluntaryism. Steven D. Grumbine & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/MHnw5F1RmLE The Jimmy Dore type of leftist (the ones who are anti-state but also support social safety nets) could have most to everything they want in an anarchist society in the form of mutual aid societies. Those are the types of leftists that are worth reaching out to, unlike neoliberals. - Ace Archist (@Ace_Archist) Steven D. Grumbine is the Founder, President and CEO of Real Progressives. Find Steven D. Grumbine here: Website: https://realprogressives.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdgrumbine Please take a moment to appreciate this man giving me, a stranger with...
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Can Opportunism Ever Be Libertarian?
Recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he would be banning any COVID-19 vaccine mandates, "including for private employers.” In response, Mises Institute Senior Fellow Bob Murphy, tweeted “For the record: I think it’s a mistake to applaud government bans on the rules a business can put in place regarding its clientele. All the warnings of slippery slope apply.” This argument is straightforward and completely logical. Any foundational understanding of libertarianism would tell one that government action is contrary to our goal—especially government action that takes away part...
Radicalized w/Brad Carl
My good friend Brad Carl joined me to talk about his transition from a-political normie to anarchist radical due in great part to the COVID hysteria. Brad Carl books 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
Episode 620: A Trip Through Mexico’s Anarchist Town Of Cheran w/ Matt King
83 Minutes PG-13 Matt King is a military vet and the creator of the short documentary Homage to Cheran (HTC) which is available on YouTube. Pete and Stateless Productions used a clip from HTC in their documentary The Monopoly On Violence. Pete wanted to talk to Mat about his experiences in a town with no monopoly on force and get his impressions. They also discuss Matt's path from the military to anarchist, and get into a discussion about local politics. Homage to Cheran Matt on Twitter Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's...
Episode 618: The Death Of Ideology w/ CRK, COH and Slav From The ‘Fedpost’ Podcast
92 Minutes Not Safe For Work Pete invited CRK, COH and SLAV of the Fedpost podcast to come on to discuss the culture, the State and mostly the last 18 month of medical tyranny. None of the three identify as libertarian or anarchist but could definitely be described as red-pilled. The Fedpost Podcast CRK on Twitter COH on Twitter SLAV on Twitter Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on Facebook Pete on...
8/4/21 Ford Fischer on the Death of Johnny Hurley, the Concealed Carrier Who Stopped a Mass Shooting
Independent journalist Ford Fischer tells the story of Johnny Hurley, a Colorado man who was killed by police after he stopped a mass shooting. Hurley came out of a store after seeing the shooter kill a police officer with a shotgun and then go back to his car to retrieve an AR-15. Hurley killed the shooter, preventing any further deaths, but was then shot by police officers, who claimed he had picked up the original shooter's rifle. Fischer has made a short documentary about these events, and about Hurley's life and voluntarist activism, hoping that it will raise awareness of what the...
Dear Cenk Uygur, Supporting Government is Worse Than Supporting the Ku Klux Klan
https://youtu.be/ldmXyqAnbmI Mankind is a mixture of good and evil, of cooperative and criminal tendencies. In my view, the anarchist society is one which maximizes the tendencies for the good and the cooperative, while it minimizes both the opportunity and the moral legitimacy of the evil and the criminal. If the anarchist view is correct, and the State is indeed the great legalized and socially legitimated channel for all manner of antisocial crime — theft, oppression, mass murder — on a massive scale, then surely the abolition of such an engine of crime can do nothing but favor the...
Episode 610: Why All Christians Should Be Anarchists w/ Craig Harguess
51 Minutes Safe For Work Craig Harguess is the head of the Bad Roman Project Craig asked Pete to come on share his opinion of modern Christianity. Pete uses the opportunity to also send a message to the Right about their heroes the police. The Bad Roman Project Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on Facebook Pete on...