Category: Anarchism/Anti-State

Panarchies/Polyarchies

By John Zube Panarchy.Org All individual rights & liberties, clearly declared and widely appreciated and respected vs. governmental bills of rights, human rights declarations like that of the UN, including wrongful but legalized claims against others, in “Welfare States”, as if they were basic rights or liberties. All […]

Nihilist Hedonism; or Cyberpunk as Eutopia

An interesting application of Stirnerite principles. Anarcho-Dictator Instead of a Blog I do not believe in objective standards, norms, ends, means or values; but I have a strong preference for the combination of hardass and self-indulgent traits one finds in the mercenary reaver cultures of places like medieval […]

An Omnidirectional Approach to Anti-Authoritarianism

Secret Transmissions “Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.” ― Robert Anton Wilson  I can think of no better term to describe my political philosophy than anti-authoritarian. That simple term encapsulates my most consistently held beliefs concerning the nature of relations between individual, society and state. That I […]

The Fear of the State

Most research shows that we live in a far more peaceful time than previous periods in human history. It’s a complicated topic with a lot of incomplete data for a massively huge period of examination, but the current conventional wisdom follows from Dr. Pinker’s study of the long […]

Neither Statism Nor Corporatism

A big debate exists between “free market” conservatives and libertarians, and leftists, socialists, progressives, etc. over “Who is worse? Governments or corporations?” I am somewhere between the Marxists and the Libertarians on this. I agree with Libertarians that states have powers that private institutions typically do not have, […]

An Indian city run entirely by corporations hasn’t had a functioning government for 40 years

By Chris Weller Business Insider Gurgaon, India is a city where normal functions of a local government do not apply — because there is hardly any government at all. Instead, private corporations dominate the city, offering sewage removal systems, firefighting services, health care, and education. “The interesting thing about Gurgaon is […]

Murphy 1, Shoguns 0

A specialist on Japanese military history weighs in on the Lewis-Murphy debate on private defense services. Regarding my recent debate on the Tom Woods Show with Todd Lewis–regarding private defense–I got the following email (permission to reprint): Dr. Murphy, Following your recent debate with Todd Lewis I felt […]

The Exit Principle

If the objective of pan-anarchism/anarcho-pluralism is the replacement of states with societies organized on the basis of decentralized, voluntary associations, then a question that arises involves the issue of what kinds criteria individual communities would have to meet of qualify as legitimate voluntary associations of these kinds. The […]

No Kings, No Feudal Lords

This a a great cartoon in the sense that is parodies the reflexive sentiments of “conservatives” in the vein of FOX News fans and “dittoheads,” who echo Ayn Rand’s claim that “big business is the most persecuted minority,” or Cool Hand Luke’s quip that, “Them poor ole bosses […]

Return of the city-state

By Jamie Bartlett If you’d been born 1,500 years ago in southern Europe, you’d have been convinced that the Roman empire would last forever. It had, after all, been around for 1,000 years. And yet, following a period of economic and military decline, it fell apart. By 476 […]

Are Startup Societies the Way Forward?

An interesting conference on startup societies is coming up next month at Georgetown University. Get the details here. Startup societies may be a way to develop the infrastructure that is needed for a broader pan-secessionist action against central governments and the global corporatocracy. Anarchist and other radical organizations […]

Cliches of Statism, and How to Answer Them

Tom Woods and Stefan Molyneux discuss many of the cliches libertarians find themselves having to answer, involving child labor, labor unions, monopolies, the environment, and more. Listen here. I generally agree with the content of this discussion, except, like most mainstream libertarians, they’re going far too easy on […]

Would Libertarianism Make People Fat?

In the spirit of Paul LaFargue and Bob Black. This is precisely the kind of libertarianism we need, not bourgeois priggishness or woke ninnyism. Critics: “But freedom will make people lazy and decadent!” Response: “Yeah? What of it?” Anarcho-Dictator Without all the taxes and regulations that force people […]

A Small Revolution

By Jeff Deist Mises Institute Dr. Robert Murphy and I enjoyed a robust discussion of the current political landscape this past weekend at the University of Central Florida. A significant percentage of attendees, maybe half, agreed with the proposition that the US is past the point of political […]

Anarchism Without Adjectives & the Moral Landscape

This is an interesting critique of the perspective of myself and others who favor a broad interpretation of “anarchism without adjectives.” Basically, the argument comes to “anarchism should be exclusive to leftists only” combined with an “anarcho-Sam Harrisism” approach to moral philosophy. By Ekklesiagora Steemit I’m generally not […]

Anti-Nomianism

Anarcho-Dictator Instead of a Blog I do not want the police and courts to engage in activities normally approved of by minarchists and some anarchists – such as protecting private property or prosecuting murderers. This is for several reasons: Police are not legitimate representatives of the victims. As […]