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Nexus X HumectressPrivate Cities & Seasteading with Regan Keely
It seems that the idea of “start-up societies” is growing in popularity throughout a range of political tendencies. Is this the wave of the future?
Praise of Folly Podcast #37: Analysis of the failure of Radical American political movements
Todd Lewis and I analyze the failure the anarchist, libertarian and altright movements in the USA to achieve anything other than fringe marginal status.
The 21st Century is Becoming the 19th Century: Repeating Tragedy as a Farce
“History repeats … first as tragedy, then as farce” … -Karl Marx, The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon By Keith Preston The present era of globalization in the early 21st century is very similar to the era of industrialization in the early 19th century, in the sense of […]
The Puritan Hypothesis and Charlie Elphicke
A great article from Sean Gabb. The debate over whether PC has its roots in Marxism or in Christian puritanism/pietism is an interesting one. Bill Lind is a staunch proponent of the former position, and Sean and Paul Gotffried take the latter position. I tend to think its […]
Radicalism is on the rise in American politics
Another article by Kotkin that is consistent with my own analysis of domestic US politics as well. Domestic US politics at present can be divided into four basic factions: The Dominant Faction. Centrist neoliberals representing the rising techno-oligarchy, Wall Street and Kotkin’s “new clerisy” embedded in the managerial […]
Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Towards a Secular Theocracy
A classic from Paul Gottfried and one of the definitive works criticizing totalitarian humanism. Available at Amazon. The important point for anarchists and libertarians is that totalitarian humanists are not amoral, libertine, hedonists as their critics often claim. Instead, they are fanatical moral puritants (“secular theocrats”). They oppose […]
Joel Kotkin’s The New Class Conflict
Telos Press published this a few years ago. Joel Kotkin’s approach to class analysis is pretty much the same as my own. Kotkin’s approach to domestic American class analysis makes for an important complement to the international class analysis offered by Hardt and Negri. In ways not seen […]
Against Plutocratic Communism
“Plutocratic Communism” is a great term. Communism was one of the biggest scams in history. “Wealth and property are bad! Let’s give it all to the state!” Not even the priestly conjurers of god-emperors or the divine right of kings came up with something that good. Communism was […]
Proudhon was Not a Communist
Anarcho-Dictator Instead of a Blog Proudhon was not a communist. Proudhon agreed with Bastiat on basically everything, except he was more extreme about it. He wanted to deprive the illegitimately-wealthy of their monopoly of credit. Look into the history of how ‘capitalism’ actually happened, as opposed to the […]
Early Anarchists, from Godwin to Spooner — What Did They Believe?
A great episode. Glad to see this happening. Rothbardian anarcho-capitalists, who make up a substantial proportion of my audience, are often confused by non-libertarian anarchists, who don’t seem like real anarchists to them. These anarchists, in turn, feel the same way about anarcho-capitalists. In this episode, Professor Gerard […]
Subversive: Interviews with Radicals
There is an interview with me in this book. Available from Amazon.Com. Subversive is a book of interviews with fifty-two of the most radical people in the world. From all walks of life, some are famous, while others are almost completely unknown. These are people different to the […]
Exiting Anarchist Politics
By Regan Keely The Conscious Resistance What is an Exitarian? Discussing exiting “anarchist politics”, opening up the free market of governance, and implementing it in the real world in an actual framework of free, decentralized communities. Friends, we are the pioneers of a post-political world. We seek to […]
“Motivated ignorance” is ruining our political discourse
Listening to a political opponent is almost as bad as getting a tooth pulled Frimer and his colleagues demonstrated this same effect with several different methodologies in their paper. In another test, they (essentially) asked participants to rate how interested they were in learning about alternative political viewpoints […]
Keith Preston: Trump has well-developed capacity for insulting people
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s use of the name “Pocahontas” during a White House ceremony honoring Native American World War II veterans highlights his inclination to insult and abuse people, according to an American analyst. “Donald Trump has a very well-developed capacity for insulting people; […]
Pining for Murderous Dictators is not the Path to Liberty
Far too many libertarians and anarchists, left and right, are losing sight of who the real enemy is. Steven Horwitz Bleeding Heart Libertarians You’d think the statement in my title should be obvious, but if you were wondering why it’s been so easy for so many supposed libertarians […]
The Alt Right Among Other Rights
This is the text of a lecture I gave to the H.L. Mencken Club on November 4, 2017. By Keith Preston Speaking about the intricacies of different ideological tendencies can often be a bit tedious, and certainly a topic like the Alt-Right can get very complicated because there […]
Minor League Mass Murderer Dies in Prison at Age 83 While Major League Mass Murderers Get Libraries Named in Their Honor
On 20.11.17 Brian Davis of TLB Radio interviewed Nikolas Schreck, author of The Manson File Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman and director of Charles Manson Superstar on the passage of his friend Charles Manson. The interview was broadcast live.
Anarchism in Makhno’s homeland: adventures of the red-and-black flag
It makes sense that as anarchists movements grow on a worldwide basis anarchist tendencies in countries with a history of tyrannical leftist governments would assume a rightward orientation while anarchist movements in rightward leaning nations would assume a leftist orientation. By Denys Gorbach Open Democracy Anarchism may be […]
8 Common Misunderstandings About Anarchism
Apparently, anarchists have been trolling the Return of Kings website. Given the source, this piece has a predictable masculinist bias. —————————- Few weeks ago, I published an article calling for the political independence of America and I was pleased to see that many people were open to the […]
Keith Preston: US war on drugs led to opioid epidemic
Press TV. Listen here. The US has been waging a war against drugs for half a century, viewing drug addiction as a criminal phenomenon instead of a health issue, therefore no headway has been made in curbing the US opioid crisis, an American analyst says. The so-called ‘War […]
What a Stirnerite!
Interview with former Alcatraz convict and depression-era gangster, Alvin “Creepy” Karpis (AZ-325). He was a key member of the Karpis/Barker gang, a criminal organization that terrorized the Midwest in the 1930s. Karpis spent nearly 26 years on Alcatraz, a record.
3 Unique Benefits of Studying an Online Masters in Software Development
If you are looking at furthering your computer skills, cracking codes and enhancing your career, studying a master’s degree in software development could be the choice for you. With many online universities now offering master’s degrees in software development, regardless of whether you have little or a lot […]
Making sense of the culture war over transgender identity
The Economist As more people change gender, they are sparking a debate that enrages some and confuses many A BEAUTIFUL man with high cheekbones, fluttering eyelashes and a galaxy of silver glitter in his hair strides into the room. He is wearing a wedding dress and dirty trainers. […]
What the FDA Allows into Food Products May Be Impacting Your Brain
If you believe that the old adage, ‘You are what you eat,’ is passé you may need to think again. The Food and Drug Administration is charged with ensuring that food manufacturers follow certain rules to ensure that what ends up on your dinner plate is indeed safe […]
Sargon Talks to Activist Who Worked With Yvette Felarca
A former Antifa embraces what amounts to the ATS position.
American Foreign Policy #8: End of History and the War on Terror
Todd Lewis and I will wrap up our eight part series on US foreign policy covering the “End of History” and the War on Terror.
Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty
It’s always great to go back and revisit this classic essay by Murray Rothbard that I think offers some of the best analysis of modern ideological history yet devised. In this work, Rothbard is analyzing the origin and meaning of the terms Left and Right, arguing correctly that […]
Revisions and Dissents: Essays
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know what the true intellectual Right actually is. And I say that not just because there is a chapter discussing my own work where Dr. Gottried graciously compares me with Noam Chomsky, William Appleman Williams, C. Wright Mills, […]
Zimbabwe crisis: Did China give nod to army takeover?
The bosses of the Eastern wing of global gangster capitalism apparently decided to take out an unreliable capo. By Adrian Blomfield The Telegraph The general behind Zimbabwe’s coup may have sought Chinese approval days before the army launched its takeover of Robert Mugabe’s government, it emerged on Wednesday. […]
The Hezbollah Model Wins
The model that all anarchists and anti-statists need to be studying. One of our objectives should be to develop non-state political and militia confederations that will usurp many of the functions currently provided by states, with the goal of eventually superseding states. By William S. Lind Traditional Right […]
Texas Town Fires Police Dept., Hires Private Citizens For Security — Guess What Happened to Crime?
We need for anarchists to start running for mayor of cities and towns with this as part of their platform. I’m serious. Truth Fight. The community of Sharpstown, Texas decided that they didn’t need the police any longer. They made a controversial decision to fire the local police department […]
Porn Star Cherie DeVille and Rapper Coolio Announce White House 2020 Bid
Our time has come. It’s time to start building the coalition against consensual crimes. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown Reason Frustrated with the state of American politics, porn star and physical therapist Cherie DeVille says she’s running for president in 2020 with the rapper Coolio as her running mate. […]
Top 10 Ways to Fix the Criminal Justice System
While many of these suggestions may be reasonable as far as modest reforms go, and some of these proposals are actually pretty far reaching, one thing that many “liberal” criminal justice reformers seem to have trouble figuring out is the need for fewer laws in the first place. […]
The Democrats Are The Prototypical Statist Party
Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition I am noticing that this kind of a thing happens only in liberal states. This is where the government is trying to prevent citizens from doing charitable work as a way of creating demand for the inefficient welfare services. The Democratic Party is categorically […]
The Problem With Anarchism – An Open-Minded Challenge
A challenge to anarchists from what appears to be some kind of liberal or left perspective. The first problem I see with these arguments is that they do not address the actual costs of statism. By Jared C. Willis Steemit
The Problem With Anarchism
A minarchist challenge to the anarchist position. Frankly, the anarchist vs. minarchist debate has never interested me much because both positions are so far from where we are now it’s hardly a pressing issue. Let’s just keeping chipping away at the state until the last one out turns […]
Alt-Right and the Left’s response – Angela Nagle about ‘Kill all Normies’
The Internet is the battleground for the revival of culture wars, says author and journalist Angela Nagle in her recently published book Kill All Normies. In De Balie Nagle chronicles the rise of the alt-right and how the worst of the internet went mainstream. But she doesn’t spare […]
The Alt-Right: History, Ideology, and the Future of a Fascist Movement
An interesting and generally accurate discussion of the Alt-Right from a far left perspective. As one who was present at the time of the founding of the Alt-Right, and has remained peripherally associated with the Alt-Right milieu ever since, I have developed my own perspective on the role […]
Praise of Folly Podcast Interview #14: Shayne Hunter, Ex-Antifa
Todd Lewis and Keith Preston interview Shayne Hunter, an ex-Antifa organizer.
The USA is Becoming Latin America in Class Relations
It’s interesting how the US is developing a class system similar to Latin America. I don’t think the reasons for this can be traced to a singular cause. It probably has several dozen causes. It’s also interesting how all the different political factions have their proposed ideal solutions. […]
Praise of Folly Podcast #37: October Revolution 100 Years in Review
Todd Lewis is joined by Coach Red Pill and Keith Preston to discuss the October Revolution and its historical significance.
Keith Preston: Trump’s presidency has galvanized Democrats
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s election victory has galvanized the US Democratic Party, resulting in recent Republican defeats in gubernatorial and mayoral elections, according to an American analyst. Despite enjoying direct support from Trump, Republican contenders this week lost three major head to head battles with […]
Too Quickly Forgotten: Communism’s Corpses
Isn’t it interesting that the Antifa just can’t seem to get all that worked up about any of this? By Doug Bandow CATO Institute Among America’s more important actors and singers is Paul Robeson, born a century ago. An impressive talent who struggled against pervasive racism, Robeson would […]
“Antifa Activists As The Truest Defenders Of Free Speech” a.k.a. “Work Makes You Free”
And the North Koreans are the truest defenders of “democracy,” no doubt, just like “work makes you free.” I am posting this here in order to provide an illustration of the delusional nonsense that regrettably dominates much of the “far left” anarchist milieu (although this guy is arguably […]
Arcane Semantics: Keith Preston – Tribalism, Anti-Statism & 4th Generation Warfare
A recent interview. Listen here.
The Middle Class is a Prerequisite For True Democracy
By Aleksey Bashtavenko AcademicComposition In the Republic, Plato propounded the Philosopher King thesis, where he argued in favor of the following doctrines. (1) The most intellectually capable of individuals should be in charge of governing society. (2) Private property should be abolished. (3) The individual’s role in society […]
9 Types of People Attracted to Anarchist Groups
There’s a lot of commonalities, but there’s a lot of very specific factors that can lead people towards the ANTIFA and BAMN type communities. I’ve known countless people like this, so I figured I could shed some light on the subject.
Praise of Folly Podcast Interview #12: Lierre Keith
Todd Lewis interviews Lierre Keith on her reasons for leaving Veganism and BioRegionalism.
Keith Preston: Trump’s immigration policies used against non-allied nations
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are used a “political weapon” against nations that are not allies of the United States, according to an American analyst. Trump said Wednesday he would renew efforts to terminate a particular immigration program known as the ‘Diversity Immigrant […]
Keith Preston: Iran Hindering US-Israeli Co-Prosperity Sphere
Tasnim TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst dismissed the US government’s claim that Iran has violated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), describing it as part of attempts to undermine Iran as an obstacle to the creation of the American-Israeli co-prosperity sphere. The US administration accuses […]
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