The Nature of the Beast (Anarchapulco 2018)
“Know your enemy.” Almost everyone understands that “government” is often (if not always) corrupt, often vindictive, often even malicious, but of those who complain about and protest authoritarian injustice, few truly understand what they are up against—few really understand the nature of the beast, what drives it, how it functions, and more importantly, what can defeat it. As it happens, a certain well-studied, well-understood and well-documented “personality disorder” (for lack of a better term) can give us a far better understanding of what the monster called “government” really is.
This is a video of a talk I gave at the 2018 Anarchapulco. Many thanks to all those who made the event happen, who recorded and edited the videos of so many different talks, and those who are ramping things up even more for 2019. If you don’t yet have tickets for Anarchapulco 2019 (www.anarchapulco.com), get a move on. It will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.
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"Government control of a country’s economy — any kind or degree of such control, by any group, for any purpose whatsoever — rests on the basic principle of statism, the principle that man’s life belongs to the state. "
Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 192
Ayn Rand have said so much nonsense, all though this quote make sense the real philosopher behind the formulation of Anarcho Capitalism is Murray Rothbard.
The most known creator of Anarcho-capitalism conception is Rothbard - that's true.
Ayn Rand didn't see the way Anarcho-capitalism can work without violence.
This was the imperfection of her point of view.
By saying "Ayn Rand have said so much nonsense" You should explain why You think so.
Ok, I made some warming up comments to Ayn Rand, in the Part 3 @1.00 into the audio/video: https://steemit.com/alog18july2018/@lasseehlers/alog-on-18-july-2018-in-3-parts
I would like to read your comment to what I say about Ayn Rand in that video? And if you mind sending me your 3 favorite quotes from Ayn Rand, then I will appreciate it (and use it for my next video where I will be talking).
I will probably talk in greater details about Ayn Rand later today.
3 quotes:
"As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy. Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy by a conscious, rational, disciplined process of thought and scrupulously logical deliberation — or let your subconscious accumulate a junk heap of unwarranted conclusions, false generalizations, undefined contradictions, undigested slogans, unidentified wishes, doubts and fears, thrown together by chance, but integrated by your subconscious into a kind of mongrel philosophy and fused into a single, solid weight: self-doubt, like a ball and chain in the place where your mind’s wings should have grown." Philosophy: Who Needs It, 5
"There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns."
"Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
For a fuller view of her thoughts I recommend this:
https://campus.aynrand.org/lexicon
https://steemit.com/alog18july2018/@lasseehlers/alog-18-of-july-2018-ayn-rand-s-work-is-garbage-and-other-information-like-that
First of all, she reject anarchism and statism at the same time, which is a contradiction, since you will need to have one of them.
Second of all, it was very clear to me that there was something wrong with her philosophy, when I understood that most working for SAXOBANK in Denmark, had her book as their bible. I didn't look into it at the time, but now I know exactly what is wrong:
She is NOT an anarchist and people working for a huge investment bank are all crony capitalists, living of a coercive bank system, that is breaking the non aggression principal all time by definition in anarcho capitalism.
So Ayn Rand's work is complete garbage.
Can anyone give any statement about anything not knowing it?
I consider myself an Anarcho-capitalist and still .... I am in favor of Rand's philosophy. I think they play excellent together. Mrs. Rand misjudged Anarcho-capitalism, but on almost every other matter she was right.
I encourage You to read her books. Best order:
Absolutely great talk! Did not expect the close correspondence to narcism, but once you see it it becomes really obvious
Hi @larkenrose,
corruption is habit of modern day government.
government=corruption. it is a synonym
Larken Rose, the earth is flat, as long as you don't realize it, then you are just a tool for Illuminati.
Sorry but as it is now, you are BS.
no it's not you gotta be a troll if not highly misguided.
Excellent observation, very well delivered.
If we substitute work ethic for kindness, this actually ties in nicely with the central premise of Atlas Shrugged; that it's your productiveness that makes you useful to the unproductive. Ultimately the only way to free yourself is to understand that you can't work your way free from somebody who's leeching from you.
You can't goodness and compassion yourself free from somebody who has forged that goodness and compassion into a weapon and wielded it against you.
The instinctively productive individual can't comprehend that another would be wantonly destructive for petty ends, so they don't see it happening.
The innately good person can't comprehend that another would be so deliberately, viciously destructive of others as a grab for power, so they don't see it happening.
Those who aren't drawn to power (good, productive people) can't comprehend just what others will do to win and keep it.
@larkenrose , Thanks Bro, For This post& vedios . Yuor work Is Good For Nature.
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I hope you don't mind if I use your popularity to spread some anarchy?
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@evolutionnow/what-is-capitalism-what-is-non-anarchy
I know the nature of the beast on my own skin now... I'm reaching out to you my fellow Voluntaryists for your help.
I was recently a victim of main stream propaganda and authorities abuse.
I was wondering if you would like to help me help the freedom and make my story more public @larkenrose. I know you are a superbusy superstar, but it does not hurt to try ;)
They motivated the hell out of me to sacrifice my life to fight for justice and freedom... not that I wasn't before... I guess when they put you in a cage, it also backfired at the slave masters.
I want to make it as public as I can. Otherwise I may be silenced, and I am fine even if they crucify me, but I don't want it to go to waste. Please help me spread it. Just trying to help this paradigm shift. I just want to help freedom.
https://steemit.com/tribesteemup/@evolutionnow/propaganda-rabid-pigs