Anarchism is hard for some people to differentiate from nihilism. Try reading Lysander Spooner, Benjamin Tucker, Ludwig von Mises and, most especially, Murray Rothbard. Maybe a bit of David Friedman, too.
Once you've made your way through their works, you can call yourself educated in anarchism. Ignore Emma Goldman, the various Russian anarchist, the anarcho-syndicalists, etc. - they aren't serious. Kurt On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > It seems that nearly everyone in this day and age is a statist to some > degree, Juan excepted :) > > Why is this so, I have asked myself. > > The state is a bully, and no one has escaped the experiences of being > bullied by the state - RBTs, license checks, seizing of bank accounts > outside of any court hearing nor any chance for the target to be heard in > a court of law with a righteous jurisdiction; > and anyway, the courts, that last bastion of freedom and justice against > the tyranny of the state, is almost completely, systemically, > instutitionally corrupt by any common man standard. > > The state seizes taxes at every corner, violates our constitutions, > unilaterally attacks other states, and conspires year after year to > increase the burdens and the violations of its own constituents, namely we > the people. > > The state (whether USA, Australia, etc) is nowadays so abhorrent, so in > violation of the constitution which created it, so outside of ethics, > morals, anything resembling higher causes or principles, it really is a > beast of epic proportion which must be slayed or transformed, or the > descent to total chaos war and bloodshed will once again happen, just > another war to end all wars. > > Yet nearly everyone still clings to the state. Whether implicitly (it's > the best history has given us, other options would of course be so much > worse) or explicitly (driver licenses are our only hope to rid the world > of evil environment destroying cars). > > > 'We' have lost faith in our fellow humans to a high degree. We don't trust > ourselves and so we don't trust our fellow 'citizens'. We put money, > creativity, leisure, life, family, mortgage and the rest before any higher > principle, in denial of the magnificence of that which we be, that which > we are, these incredible universes we stroll around in. > > We expect "others won't stand behind me if I did take a stand against a > bully or a tyranny, because deep down I know I am probably unlikely to get > behind someone else taking a stand - especially since I haven't seen > myself do so yet, so I have no evidence suggesting I'm that way inclined, > so it's most likely true." > > We hail the heroes "oh I think it's awesome that history proves that > someone comes along to fix things up every now and then - at a minimum on > average of every 400 years". > > Yes this and endless more excuses for not supporing your local freedom > "fighters" even in a small way, fatalism is just one more excuse. I've > heard so many of them. > > > 'We' live in golden cages. By historical standards, almost everyone in the > West can eat cheesecake every day, travel to friends and sights and events > one way or another, drape ourselves in silk and suede, or lounge on the > beach. > > And the gold cage is never enough, the car or pushbike really needs to be > newer, faster, with better suspension, and I want more and my kids need to > go to more activities and events and and and... I have my life to live. > > > And the state redistributes the wealth of others to make our golden cages. > So we encage one another, binding our fellow man to tyranny, > binding ourselves to self serving, self centered, selfish non action. > > Sleepwalking in comfort whilst the beast prepares its final meal. > > Gee it's great that heroes come along and solve such problems in history > occasionally... now don't interrupt me whilst I shout down your Trump > rebellion and screem the benefits of The Democratic Platform > notwithstanding the evil that my state has become regardless. > > Cowards most of us.
