May 09, 2014

Anarchy in the USA! (and everywhere else) - BFP Roundtable


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ_QEdpxocc
In this edition of the BoilingFrogsPost.com Roundtable, James Corbett, Sibel Edmonds and Peter B. Collins welcome Andrew Gavin Marshall for a discussion of his recent podcast on "Anarchy, Socialism and Free Markets." We talk about anarchism as a philosophy and what it really entails, as well as how it links to socialism, libertarianism and other political philosophies. We also delve into some of the questions and critiques that many raise to the idea of anarchism.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

A respectful conversation on anarchism, unlike this recent "debate" between Stephan Kinsella and Jan Helfeld, where Kinsella makes an a*ss out of himself with his arrogance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j008XRdL23M

Christopher Marlowe said...

Truly one of the most boring Corbett reports I have seen. People don't work together in the way being put forward. They never have. Sibel Edmonds seemed to be the only rational person in this discussion. Her real world scenarios are what really happens: people can't make group decisions. Democracies or group think is stupid and chaotic.

Unknown said...

There realistically are no true examples of "anarchy" anywhere amongst the higher animals in nature and obviously (if you study it to any decent degree) nature is nowhere near as "chaotic" as some so-called intellectuals would have you believe. I would go so far as to say "anarchy" is anti-nature in the same way as many man-made "belief" systems are. Academics (and those not so academic) can sit around all day and justify every facet of anarchy (and the other belief systems) but then... we could just as well argue the same for extortion (taxes) & murder ("peacekeeping").

Even the wildest mountain sheep living in the most rugged & desolate natural environment far removed from any outside influence are still... sheep, living their lives out successfully generation after generation in their perfect natural hierarchy. The main problem man faces is not hierarchy per se but simply the corruption of it just like the corruption of most things, a disease brought on by parasites. Anarchy is most definitely not a cure - it is in fact just another form of corruption; a deviation from a natural path. Those who think otherwise are knowingly or unknowingly assisting the pathogen to manifest itself.

Anarchore said...

Itzda you don't know what you are talking about.

Mutual Aid is practiced by all animals, but 'survival of the fittest' is the only thing studied.

You are brainwashed.

The controlling classes simply projected their psychopathic and predatory ideology onto nature.

You fascists know nothing of the true natural order, you have a twisted conception of natural law that has been forced down your throat by school and society.

Unknown said...

All you hippies better face reality and all your farfetched dreams of anarchy and start to see things the way they are the way things are going they won't be going far World Peace can't be done it just can exist

Unknown said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was pretty funny classic shit Anarchore - were you reading that from a marxist leaflet you picked up at the last anti-racist rally you attended with your stoner hippy buds? And I'm automatically a "fascist" and "brainwashed" for saying what I did? Simple & correct answer - no. I'm actually old enough & wise enough to KNOW what I'm talking about. Your view however is obviously extremely narrow if that's the kind of response you splutter out after someone challenges your myopia with a couple of simple paragraphs but not unexpected for people with your again obviously limited viewpoint, knowledge & vocabulary. Put your lips back on your bong (or the jew cock you were sucking) and use your fingers to roll a few more blunts because you're most definitely wasting your time talking & typing... unless of course you were attempting to provide simple entertainment (with the emphasis on "simple").