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Episode-2901- Answers to the Most Common Questions I Get about Anarchism

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Many years ago, I guess about 7 years now, I made the shift from minarchist libertarian to full on anarchist.  When I did so for some you’d of thought I had rolled up an orphan in a flag, set both on fire and used it to burn down a church.

I mean people were literally outraged as though I had personally wronged them.  Sigh.

I learned early on that such entitled ass clowns are best simply ignored.  But many others had real solid questions.  In fact many such questions and a belief they could not be answered were questions I myself had prior to making the switch.  So here are some of the most common and most insite once answered.  They come from 7 years now after having crossed the line into anarchism.   What amazed me the most is how quick the answers came, once I stopped looking for reasons they could not be answered.  As I always say, your mental computer is very powerful but if you want answers you need to ask it the right questions in the right way.

So here they are my answers to the most common and interesting questions about anarchism…

  • But if we use anarchism how would we ever solve problem __________?
  • But in an anarchy wouldn’t armed thugs take over society?
  • Isn’t anarchism just a childish belief in a utopia, or isn’t it really selfish thinking?
  • How would we organize 330 million people if we lived in an anarchy?
  • How would we punish criminals (those who steal, harm, rob, etc.) in an anarchy?
  • How would we resolve conflicts and disagreements in an anarchy?
  • How would we educate children in an anarchy?
  • How would we defend ourself at what we think of a national level in an anarchy?
  • If anarchy is so great why has it not been tried, why are there no successful examples?
  • How did people move from anarchy to statism in the first place & doesn’t that show statism is better?
  • Would not massive monopolies exist in a world without government to prevent them?
  • How might things have been handled during CoVid in an anarchy?
  • If you have or don’t have a hierarchy do you not have a true anarchy?
  • How will we ever convince everyone to be an anarchist or even most people?
  • What benefits are there for me right now in becoming an anarchist?
  • By default to I need to break the law once I become an anarchist?
  • If anarchists mean what they say why do they use public resources like roads, parks, etc.?
  • Is it true that the difference between a libertarian and an anarchist is really 6 months?
  • Why do anarchists call anyone who is not an anarchist a “statist”?
  • Can anarchists and minarchists work together for common goals?
  • Can a true anarchist be involved in the political process, ever?
  • How do anarchism and critical thinking go together?
  • Why should anarchists support or use crypto currencies?

 

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Episode-2901- Answers to the Most Common Questions I Get about Anarchism — 11 Comments

  1. I love Michael Malice. I’d been wondering how long until you’d cross his path!

    • In addition to being extremely intelligent and quick witted – Michael Malice is also freaking hysterical.
      Let’s all “tweet” at him to fill out the guest form.

  2. Jack, I heard you mention having a community member create timestamps for your YouTube/Odyssey video.

    https://hypercatcher.com/2020/04/blog-post-1/

    This site here has some information on how community members can be given the ability to add chapters to your podcast. Once the chapter file is created and attached to your feed, a podcast player would be able to let your audience click on the chapter and jump straight to that spot in the episode. I’m sure you have members who would be more than happy to help out with creating the timestamps while listening. Your Expert Council shows would really benefit from something like this.

  3. Fucking retarded. An anarchist society would eventually establish a set of rules for all these things that you talked about, i.e. how to deal with a thief, how to resolve purchase dissatisfaction, etc., etc. Over time these rules would become governing law. Your anarchism would be gone. Also, just because you think you would handle something in a civilized manner doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of people out there who wouldn’t. This episode of your podcast was fallacy after fallacy. Very unfortunate because you put out alot of good info in other episodes.

      • Gee, that spurs conversation. I bring up points of concern, and your only response is straight from rules for radicals. Ridicule an opponent to avoid exposure of flawed thinking.
        Yeah, I could have left off the fucking retarded comment, but that doesn’t excuse your inadequate response to my points.

        • You lead off with “Fucking Retarded” and then went into a rant about nonsense showing total ignorance to everything about the subject. With that you are not “bringing up points of concern”, rather being an antagonistic ignorant troll an not worth as such of the time and effort to respond to beyond, saying you talk like a man with a paper asshole.

          You want to debate this live with agreed upon standards in a live video feed with a proper debate moderator, fine, I can shred this into oblivion. I have no need to do so in a fuckin blog comment. Move along troll, I don’t have the power to cure willful ignorance.

    • And now you talk like a man aware that he can’t be punched in the face across the internet.

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