LIFE
Notes on Anarchist Marketing: Embrace Empathy to Touch Hearts and Change Minds
Anarchists aren’t just philosophers. They are marketers. They are vying to make change in people and in society at large. That is marketing, and it requires more than just proselytizing ideas. It requires selling them, and this is no simple task. People want to buy; they want to embrace new considerations, but the anarchist must…
Read MoreFrom Statist to Anarchist: A Metamorphoses Through Healing
To become an anarchist one must undergo self-therapy. Anarchists must relive past traumas and examine their histories. This is how they morph into freedom advocates. One cannot just suddenly claim they are an anarchist, mention they studied Rothbard or Spooner, and then hatch from the egg of Statism. Being an anarchist involves experience and knowledge…
Read MoreNotes on Love and Closeness or (Relationship Art)
Love and closeness are the most precious values in my life. Without my darling wife, I would be adrift. Cecillia inspires me to attain lofty goals; and likewise, I encourage her to achieve greatness. We allow ourselves to take risks and to create art together; to make our shared goals creative in nature. In this…
Read MoreReject the System and Awaken the Anarchist Within
How can people so easily fall prey to the two-party system? How can they believe they fit neatly within the confines of one party or the other. It’s tragic, because the current system implies all people think similarly, or at least fit into one of two tightly defined camps. It suggests they don’t have their…
Read MoreDecent Parents Don’t Spank their Children for Disobedience
Intelligent and decent parents don’t hit or “discipline” their children for disobeying authority. They don’t justify the system by spanking their children. They recognize hitting is assault, but they recognize much more. These parents understand the system is broken; they know they can’t expect their children to merely fall in line. These parents want to…
Read MoreThe Anarchic Evolution: How Freedom Lovers are taking Liberty to Mass Market
Anarchism as a philosophy is changing. It’s in the midst of a renaissance. Better: its undergoing an evolution. The focal point is shifting. This means anarchists are driving the ship toward greater adoption. Anarchism is on the cusp of going to mass market. The basic principles remain the same, though. “Without rulers” is still the…
Read MoreThe Idea of War and its Sacralization
Doesn’t the idea of war invoke horror within? Doesn’t it cause the soul to ache; to crawl and wail? How does one come to the conclusion that warfare is natural? How does one find so many ways to condone it? It’s barbaric. The notion that one human should travel great distances to kill another human…
Read MoreTale of an Orwellian Nightmare: The TSA Touched me and Fondled my Stuff
I finally returned from the Crypto Finance conference in Switzerland. I had the most intense, degrading, and unnecessary experience with the TSA. When I arrived in Dallas, and went through customs, the TSA apprehended me at the security checkpoint and pulled me aside. They tagged me for an additional search either because they know who…
Read MoreThe Anti-Authoritarian Architecture of Dance and Rave
Dancing invokes a heightened emotional state characterized by positive feelings and infectious enthusiasm. Rarely does the urge to hurt or threaten another human result from harmoniously moving, swaying, and stepping to the rhythm and thump of a beat. Dance will therefore always be loathed by those that dwell in the chambers of power. The elite…
Read MoreCultivating Self-Awareness and Evolving into a Relational Anarchist
Communication in any area of life is vital. In the anarchist and libertarian space it is indispensable. If we cannot communicate ideas effectively, we lose ground and fail to convince people of the inherent truth in liberty. Tragically, I notice a lot of poor communication in the anarchist and libertarian ecosystem. It’s not just that…
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