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David_the_simple wrote:Some are pathological criminals, there mechanism is founded on genetics.
I'm not going to accept that genetics stuff as an explanation for crime. It's based on the "naive realism" that underpins statism. It's also an irresponsible denial of ownership of our actions. Please give specific examples with pdfs and abstracts to support this genetics claim. Crime is the result of social dynamic and conditioning.
Some are thrill seekers, some want more than what they are willing to work for (lazy or a delusion that the world owes them a living), etc.
People are seeking thrills and have no empathy or compassion because of the way they have been conditioned in the state structure. No one is lazy, that's a projective label; it's use actually says something about the fixed and judgmental world view of the one doing the labeling. Instead let's say some people have a need for ease or peace, they've probably become alienated from the community in statism and can't find any emotional reward in contributing to the well being of others, or even themselves. "[T]he world owes them" is an interpretation, like projective labeling, it is not phenomenological and objective but rather a form of psychological violence. I've included a link below in case some of these are unfamiliar to you?

http://www.noogenesis.com/nvc/disconnect.html
However, how do we handle these other cases in a way that would be endorsed through anarchism?
A tiny minority of rare individuals such as severely autistic or brain damaged people may need compassionate support, surveillance, or even rest communities. A larger group of people have forgotten who they really are and may do something they'll later feel remorse about; we would ordinarily imprison these people. Given the amount of resources devoted to the failed law and order approach, it would be much more effective and humane to use a system like probation with monitoring, friendship, mind-training, and health. I've pasted a number of prison abolitionism links below because this carefully hidden idea may be new to you?

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/politics/ ... tives.html

http://nomoreprison.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... em-de.html

http://www.vice.com/read/abolish-prison

http://abolishprisons.org/

http://www.howardleague.org/555/

http://www.prisonabolition.org/

http://www.prisonabolition.org/conference/
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Sim al-Adim wrote:
God bless the water works and railroads and prisons for the work they do. But the rest of it? Nothing more enlightening than walking down some city street with three barber shops, one grocery store, two jewelry stores, some clothing outlets. If you want to make it, you've got to put all your hopes and dreams on putting ornaments over your body and beautifying the rest with dyed fabrics and nice hair cuts. IE. You've got to be "social". You don't want to be "antisocial". You don't want anyone to know that diamonds and haircuts aren't your deepest philosophical interests - but you'll devote your life to them.

It's a big game show. I hang off the side of building's and wash windows. That's the meaning of my social existence. And it's a damn fine one. People gotta see thru those windows! Roght? Anyhow. Pfff. The "World"
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It is a damn fine existence ! I picture you doing it :D . Thorstein Veblen has written a classic text called "The Theory of The Leisure Class" which explains how humans consume useless things because they want others to believe that they have power which they sometimes don't actually have. To conspicuously spend leisure time and money is named 'conspicuous consumption'. There is plenty of evidence from cultural anthropologists to back the theory of conspicuous consumption. My moral stance towards it is that humans can be very silly, especially some celebrated extremely rich humans.

We need to find ways to nudge all peoples to stop destroying. The very rich who are parasitical upon the workers need to change pdq.

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Anarchism - http://www.reference.com/browse/anarchism
[Gr.,=having no government], theory that equality and justice are to be sought through the abolition of the state and the substitution of free agreements between individuals. Central to anarchist thought is the belief that society is natural and that people are good but are corrupted by artificial institutions. Also central in anarchism are the belief in individual freedom and the denial of any authority, particularly that of the state, that hinders human development. Since the Industrial Revolution, anarchists have also opposed the concentration of economic power in business corporations.
In general, it would seem that "anarchism" is another way of saying that "in chaos, there is order", and that the path to "order" is in the allowance of a chaotic social structure to reorder itself after being allowed to run rampant and sanctioning the power of the fittest or the mob to control themselves under adverse circumstances.
Vlad wrote: I'm not going to accept that genetics stuff as an explanation for crime. It's based on the "naive realism" that underpins statism. It's also an irresponsible denial of ownership of our actions. [. . .] Crime is the result of social dynamic and conditioning.
I once had an opportunity to speak with a convicted pedophile, who admitted to his crime and also had admitted that he could not control himself, and that if allowed to be in contact with children, would most definitely abuse any child which he came in contact with. Having made this admission, he also was willing to undergo any treatment or attempt to alter this urge in order to keep from having these driving forces that pushes him forward. There were no "social dynamic" or "conditioning" which brought this person to commit these crimes, and by his admission was something which was deep seated in his moral makeup, even though he took "ownership of" his "actions."

How would an anarchistic social structure handle this person in their social structure?
Vlad wrote:People are seeking thrills and have no empathy or compassion because of the way they have been conditioned in the state structure.
How would an anarchistic society instill "empathy or compassion" in people who are "seeking thrills"; please feel free to use your own words or ideas, instead of sighting someone else's thoughts?
Vlad wrote:No one is lazy, that's a projective label; it's use actually says something about the fixed and judgmental world view of the one doing the labeling. Instead let's say some people have a need for ease or peace, they've probably become alienated from the community in statism and can't find any emotional reward in contributing to the well being of others, or even themselves.
So, you are saying that those individuals who are labeled as "lazy" only "have a need for ease or peace," and "can't find any emotional reward in contributing to the well being of others, or even themselves." So, how does an anarchistic society take care of these people, or for that matter, would they be allowed to starve, or allow any of their children to do likewise? And, if they are put on a pedestal, and shown "empathy" and "compassion" what would keep others from following in their footsteps?
Vlad wrote:"[T]he world owes them" is an interpretation, like projective labeling, it is not phenomenological and objective but rather a form of psychological violence. [. . .]
I'm assuming that you are saying that "[T]he world owes them", the "lazy" people, because they are subjected to "psychological violence" to having been labeled as "lazy"?
Vlad wrote:A tiny minority of rare individuals such as severely autistic or brain damaged people may need compassionate support, surveillance, or even rest communities.
"A tiny minority", how do you come to this conclusion, do you have any statistical evidence, where how many, out of 100 people born today, can be considered as born without some abnormality or defect? And who, would be qualified to supply this "compassionate support", if there was not state structure to supply this "surveillance, or even rest communities"?
Vlad wrote:A larger group of people have forgotten who they really are and may do something they'll later feel remorse about; we would ordinarily imprison these people.
How large is or are these groups of people you are referring to, and when you use the term "we would ordinarily imprison these people", are you also including yourself as part of the "we"?
Vlad wrote:Given the amount of resources devoted to the failed law and order approach, it would be much more effective and humane to use a system like probation with monitoring, friendship, mind-training, and health. [. . .]
And who would provide this "much more effective and humane" "system", as you refer too, if an anarchistic non-state form of government were in place? How would this "system" work and be paid for?
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MidiChlorian wrote:Anarchism - http://www.reference.com/browse/anarchism
[Gr.,=having no government], theory that equality and justice are to be sought through the abolition of the state and the substitution of free agreements between individuals. Central to anarchist thought is the belief that society is natural and that people are good but are corrupted by artificial institutions. Also central in anarchism are the belief in individual freedom and the denial of any authority, particularly that of the state, that hinders human development. Since the Industrial Revolution, anarchists have also opposed the concentration of economic power in business corporations.
In general, it would seem that "anarchism" is another way of saying that "in chaos, there is order", and that the path to "order" is in the allowance of a chaotic social structure to reorder itself after being allowed to run rampant and sanctioning the power of the fittest or the mob to control themselves under adverse circumstances.
You seem to have in mind the ideas the state has propagated about anarchism. You'll need to actually read anarchist texts directly if you are wanting to be in a position to discuss this subject. Why not start with Colin Wilson's widely available Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction,

http://libcom.org/files/Colin%20Ward,%2 ... uction.pdf

http://zinelibrary.info/files/Anarchism ... 004%29.pdf

http://www.bastardarchive.org/books/War ... uction.pdf

From there go onto the primary sources like Goldman, Tolstoy, Proudhon, Stirner, or Bey.
I once had an opportunity to speak with a convicted pedophile, who admitted to his crime and also had admitted that he could not control himself, and that if allowed to be in contact with children, would most definitely abuse any child which he came in contact with. Having made this admission, he also was willing to undergo any treatment or attempt to alter this urge in order to keep from having these driving forces that pushes him forward. There were no "social dynamic" or "conditioning" which brought this person to commit these crimes, and by his admission was something which was deep seated in his moral makeup, even though he took "ownership of" his "actions."
I've had the opportunity to talk with thousands... Free love has been an important issue for anarchism. Again, I'm seeing you as holding the statist views on this topic; you might benefit from going to the primary sources,

http://tomocarroll.wordpress.com/

https://www.ipce.info/

https://www.newgon.com/

http://www.pigtailsinpaint.com/

http://visionsofalice.com/ezine.htm

http://annabelleigh.net

http://boychat.org
How would an anarchistic society instill "empathy or compassion" in people who are "seeking thrills"; please feel free to use your own words or ideas, instead of sighting someone else's thoughts?

...

So, you are saying that those individuals who are labeled as "lazy" only "have a need for ease or peace," and "can't find any emotional reward in contributing to the well being of others, or even themselves." So, how does an anarchistic society take care of these people, or for that matter, would they be allowed to starve, or allow any of their children to do likewise? And, if they are put on a pedestal, and shown "empathy" and "compassion" what would keep others from following in their footsteps?

...

I'm assuming that you are saying that "[T]he world owes them", the "lazy" people, because they are subjected to "psychological violence" to having been labeled as "lazy"?
Again, I think you're mostly familiar with the dominant discourse and not with the language and perspective of the compassionate community; here I've linked you the the very same text as I had in the "Sex Drive" thread which is, I think, a very clear introduction: Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication: A language of life,

http://www.ayahuasca-wasi.com/english/articles/NVC.pdf
How large is or are these groups of people you are referring to, and when you use the term "we would ordinarily imprison these people", are you also including yourself as part of the "we"?
Definitely.
And who would provide this "much more effective and humane" "system", as you refer too, if an anarchistic non-state form of government were in place? How would this "system" work and be paid for?
Money is an archaic technology; it has roots extending back to the dawn of hominid patriarchy four-million years ago, and perhaps something like a token economy began together with the incest-taboo** fifty to two-hundred thousand years ago; money as we know it today developed in the Sixth-Century BC as a function of the state's war machine. Money is one of the central technologies of statism, it's soaked in blood, and is an obsolete technology.
  • ** There is a vital relationship between sexual-taboo and the state. I've pasted a number of links that elucidate that machinery,

    Jamie Heckert, "Sexuality as State Form", http://www.academia.edu/234322/Sexuality_as_State-form

    Gayle Rubin, "The Traffic in Women: Notes on the Political Economy of Sex", https://genderstudiesgroupdu.files.word ... -women.pdf

    Gayle Rubin, "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality", http://www.feminish.com/wp-content/uplo ... in1984.pdf

    Guy Hocquenghem, "To Destroy Sexuality", http://untorellipress.noblogs.org/files ... uality.pdf


    Definition:

    The state is a system of rewards and punishment. It began from the discovery of animal training 8000 years ago in central Asia. The Urstaat is the result of the sacking of the early Mesopotamian agrarian settlements by the Central Asian nomands leading up to the Sargon the Great period. Essential features of states include: territorial boundary, standing army, and monetarism. "Egoic consciousness", "naive realism", and "incest-taboo" are necessary machinery of the state. (The state is a colonial super-organism, a macrocosm of the cell.)
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Vlad wrote: You seem to have in mind the ideas the state has propagated about anarchism. You'll need to actually read anarchist texts directly if you are wanting to be in a position to discuss this subject. [. . .]
Unfortunately, you may have read to much on the subject and lost your "compassionate" perspective of history, where it would seem that you also promote reliving "Anarchism" of the past. However, non of your examples, provided, have any positive history to support the theory.
Vlad wrote: I've had the opportunity to talk with thousands... Free love has been an important issue for anarchism. Again, I'm seeing you as holding the statist views on this topic; you might benefit from going to the primary sources, [. . .]
So, based on your response, it would seem that you support "pedophilia" and that this is also accepted as "an important issue for anarchism"? With this type of attitude, how would the victim of a "pedophile" be associated with "Free love"? Would it not be considered as Rape?, or is this just a demented form of "Anarchism" which would be accepted by this type of society, which you seem to support?
Vlad wrote: Again, I think you're mostly familiar with the dominant discourse and not with the language and perspective of the compassionate community; here I've linked you the the very same text as I had in the "Sex Drive" thread which is, I think, a very clear introduction: Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication: A language of life, [. . .]
I don't know how your interpretation goes regarding the "Language of life", but it would seem that your interpretation of life is rather euphoric and based on much imagination, in that to allow for a "compassionate community" to allow those who would otherwise not be "compassionate" to do the right thing, after witnessing atrocities, similar to those being committed by ISIS, today.
Vlad wrote: Definitely.
So, if you are part of the "We", then everything you post would be hypocritical in nature, therefore also not creditable?
Vlad wrote: Money is an archaic technology; it has roots extending back to the dawn of hominid patriarchy four-million years ago, and perhaps something like a token economy began together with the incest-taboo** fifty to two-hundred thousand years ago; money as we know it today developed in the Sixth-Century BC as a function of the state's war machine. Money is one of the central technologies of statism, it's soaked in blood, and is an obsolete technology. [. . .]
You still haven't answered the question. I would agree that "Money" is "archaic" but it is not a "technology", it is a form of "reward" and "punishment", but your proposed documentation does not provide for an alternative, nor does it provide for a transition method. You seem to only have opinion on other's subjective opinions, and can provide no proof of experience where "anarchism" has or is a viable form of self-rule. Do, you have any ideas or opinions which have not been rooted by someone else, or do you just like to provide other persons theories, because you cannot support them either?
Vlad wrote: Definition:
The state is a system of rewards and punishment. It began from the discovery of animal training 8000 years ago in central Asia. The Urstaat is the result of the sacking of the early Mesopotamian agrarian settlements by the Central Asian nomands leading up to the Sargon the Great period. Essential features of states include: territorial boundary, standing army, and monetarism. "Egoic consciousness", "naive realism", and "incest-taboo" are necessary machinery of the state. (The state is a colonial super-organism, a macrocosm of the cell.)
You use the Germanic term, above, for "Old State" (Urstaat), but is not this topic regarding the more modern form of "Anarchism" where it might also include terrorism as a form of modern day "Anarchism"? So, do you support terrorism as a form of modern "Anarchism"? And, if so, is terrorism, "a system of rewards and punishment"?
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Hi MidiChlorian,

Thanks for your reply. I'm really needing understanding and movement. Just as if we we going to discuss any topic, like maths or Montreal, it would be helpful to have some knowledge about that subject; unfortunately it doesn't look like you're willing to look into this topic of anarchism, or the related issues of compassion contra training, or sexual-state-form which I believe are crucial to understanding what statism is all about. I'm wanting to share and build something, not have an argument, so I'm going to refrain from getting involved in this discussion with you.

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Anarchistic support of pedophilia makes one wonder how many other anarchist dealings would be rather similar in nature to a 60 yr old man grooming a child for sex.
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ScottieX wrote:Anarchistic support of pedophilia makes one wonder how many other anarchist dealings would be rather similar in nature to a 60 yr old man grooming a child for sex.
"Paste up in public places a xerox flyer, photo of a beautiful twelve-year-old boy, naked and masturbating, clearly titled: THE FACE OF GOD."

Hakim Bey, T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ ... -terrorism

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Sartre on Anarchism


"After May 1968 you said to me: “If one rereads all my books, one will realize that I have not changed profoundly, and that I have always remained an anarchist.”

That is very true. And it will be evident in the television broadcasts I am preparing. Still, I have changed in the sense that I was an anarchist without knowing it when I wrote La Nausée: I did not realize that what I was writing there could have an anarchist interpretation; I saw only the relation with the metaphysical idea of “nausea,” the metaphysical idea of existence. Then, by way of philosophy, I discovered the anarchist being in me. But when I discovered it I did not call it that, because today’s anarchy no longer has anything to do with the anarchy of 1890.

Actually, you never identified yourself with the so-called anarchist movement!

Never. On the contrary, I was very far from it. But I have never accepted any power over me, and I have always thought that anarchy, which is to say a society without powers, must be brought about."

"Sartre at Seventy: An Interview", Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Contat, http://anarchistnews.org/content/sartre ... -interview
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Vlad wrote:"Paste up in public places a xerox flyer, photo of a beautiful twelve-year-old boy, naked and masturbating, clearly titled: THE FACE OF GOD."
Yes that is an example of it. I wonder how the boy feels about that scenario, and how do the people viewing the flyer feel about it?

The Anarchist probably feels he is doing the work of angels so to speak, taking steps towards creating a political system that people don't want. But like his suggestion that one kidnaps people to do what he thinks might make them happy or where he proposes convincing them they won a princes fortune, maybe be hasn't really thought out whether he is violating their natural rights. And like the anarchist caricature of the state has some how become more dangerous than those that never cared to begin with.
Never. On the contrary, I was very far from it. But I have never accepted any power over me, and I have always thought that anarchy, which is to say a society without powers, must be brought about."
He actually suggests anarchist is a society without powers? I think he must be using the wrong term somewhere - unless he means everyone will be dead, as that is the only society without power.
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ScottieX wrote:He actually suggests anarchist is a society without powers? I think he must be using the wrong term somewhere - unless he means everyone will be dead, as that is the only society without power.
Why would Sartre have imagined wistfully that someday there may be a society without power? What exactly is power? What if power meant something like a system of threats and violence? We know that politics, the work place, families, and schools are places where behind everything there is a backdrop of emotional coercion and force; but are there any relationships which aren't like that? The relationship between two sweet lovers, infant and guardian, friends, a spiritual meet-up group, an arts collective...? What do you think?

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I'm just reminded of these lines from Foucault's introduction to D&G's Anit-Oedipus
  • "Do not become enamored of power. It could even be said that Deleuze and Guattari care so little for power that they have tried to neutralize the effects of power linked to their own discourse."
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Vlad wrote:Why would Sartre have imagined wistfully that someday there may be a society without power? What exactly is power? What if power meant something like a system of threats and violence?
That sounds like a bait and switch for all the readers. Regardless it would still be the case in anarchy.

Consider the old movie trope "that's not a threat, it's a promise". Obviously such a person is lying - it is a threat AND a promise.

Even in the anarchist world there are good and bad outcomes. You control to some extent whether others get good or bad outcomes from their actions, and if you are reasonable you tell them about these - therefore you create a series of 'threats/promises'.

And even in the anarchist world (maybe especially in the anarchist world), those threats are backed up by violence of some sort or other, in the case one was to push them to the limit. Which is the same way that the state has violence as an option of pushed to the limit. The only difference here will be that the state has a wider range of tools, such that (if used properly, which may or may not be the case) it can be more subtle and more able to avoid that limit.
We know that politics, the work place, families, and schools are places where behind everything there is a backdrop of emotional coercion and force; but are there any relationships which aren't like that? The relationship between two sweet lovers, infant and guardian, friends, a spiritual meet-up group, an arts collective...? What do you think?
Those have coercion and force too. Where they function better (if they do, at all as lover and infant guardian situations, at least, often go badly wrong) a lot of it comes down to there not being complex requirements. One could argue some are unnecessarily complex, but for the most part the anarchists don't remove those issues (assuming they want to maintain or improve outcomes) - people still have to get together to plan how to grow food and how to build housing, how to educate children and so forth.
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ScottieX wrote:Even in the anarchist world
I'm not too sure what your experience has been, if any, but mine was to find two quite different circles of anarchist, the one crew wear black, have crazy hair styles, and a very destructive attitude; the other set you'll find at yoga class, or non-dualism retreats, these people have a spiritual bent and a very peacenik attitude.
Those have coercion and force too.
What would you say if I suggested something like, the world that exists is a matter of our perception, and you have a very cynical and negative outlook?

On world view:

http://www.campusmindworks.org/download ... ortion.pdf

http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/file ... TIVE_0.pdf

http://www.atlantapsychiatry.com/forms/ ... rtions.pdf

https://www.smartrecovery.org/resources ... rtions.pdf

http://media.psychology.tools/Worksheet ... Styles.pdf

http://psychcentral.com/lib/15-common-c ... ns/0002153

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in- ... istortions
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Vlad wrote:I'm not too sure what your experience has been, if any, but mine was to find two quite different circles of anarchist, the one crew wear black, have crazy hair styles, and a very destructive attitude; the other set you'll find at yoga class, or non-dualism retreats, these people have a spiritual bent and a very peacenik attitude.
Yes - in some ways anarchism attracts a set of quite nice people and a set of not so nice ones, to an extent this is true about all political philosophies because there are nice people and not so nice people, but yes maybe it is more so with anarchism.

Obviously a society populated by nice people will be nicer than one that is populated by not nice people all else being equal.
What would you say if I suggested something like, the world that exists is a matter of our perception, and you have a very cynical and negative outlook?
I'm being accused of being cynical and negative here and wearing rose colored glasses in another philosophy thread. maybe I'm about right :)
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Let's consider the question of anarchism vis-a-vis current race relations in the United States of America. First off, let's acknowledge the disclaimer that racial tensions aren't all simply black-and-white. Hispanics, Native Americans and Asian Americans have their skins-in-the-game, too. But, we're going to focus specifically on how I believe race will play out for those whites, and blacks who will become increasingly radicalized in the coming years. This radicalization will surpass even the Jihadist fervor which characterizes extremist Islam.

The prospect of the impending race wars frightens me. All the more so because I see them as inevitable. The most extreme mandate for such players is anarchism. Take for example the divisive issue of publicly displaying Civil War artifacts in the South. I believe the intransigence of the passions, both for and against these artifacts is tantamount to a repudiation of the history they represent. And, what is that if not an anarchist agenda?

The anarchist imagines a clean slate from which to build a clean future. The French Revolution quickly devolved into the infamous Terror for that very reason. Such anarchy allowed the cruelest of men to institutionalize their cruelty, all in the name of law-and-order. The logical conclusion of the white radicals who taut heritage-over-hate must surely be a new institutional slavery. Whereas, the logical conclusion of the black radicals who would efface all traces of antebellum, as well as post-war defacto slavery disgraces the memory of their ancestor's suffering.

Anarchism is an infantile longing for an idyllic past, which can only flourish anew once the present is scuttled. Ironically, it's this very infantile longing which appears to be the one thing capable of truly uniting the two races, albeit into a common delusion. I'm white, and southern; and, I fear the flames of anarchism which are drawing black and white moths, alike into it's flames of terminal hatred. God save us, because we sure as hell can't save ourselves. Prayer vigils and protests just won't cut it.
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I strongly believe that the subject matter of anarchism is not rightly defined here, which will then pave the way for a proper philosophical debate on the topic. The definitions all given here are political definitions and not philosophical.

Philosophically : Anarchy is a state of apex morality. It is a state where all men have attained complete wisdom and understanding of the self, thereby reducing governmental institutions and laws to superfluous. Anarchism is a state of complete order resulting from morality.

From this standpoint, anarchism ceases to be a state of chaos as popularly ill-defined by the masses.
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Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational
by Dan Ariely
September 2023

Artwords

Artwords
by Beatriz M. Robles
November 2023

Fireproof Happiness: Extinguishing Anxiety & Igniting Hope

Fireproof Happiness: Extinguishing Anxiety & Igniting Hope
by Dr. Randy Ross
December 2023

Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream Through an Immigrant's Eyes

Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream Through an Immigrant's Eyes
by Ali Master
February 2024

2022 Philosophy Books of the Month

Emotional Intelligence At Work

Emotional Intelligence At Work
by Richard M Contino & Penelope J Holt
January 2022

Free Will, Do You Have It?

Free Will, Do You Have It?
by Albertus Kral
February 2022

My Enemy in Vietnam

My Enemy in Vietnam
by Billy Springer
March 2022

2X2 on the Ark

2X2 on the Ark
by Mary J Giuffra, PhD
April 2022

The Maestro Monologue

The Maestro Monologue
by Rob White
May 2022

What Makes America Great

What Makes America Great
by Bob Dowell
June 2022

The Truth Is Beyond Belief!

The Truth Is Beyond Belief!
by Jerry Durr
July 2022

Living in Color

Living in Color
by Mike Murphy
August 2022 (tentative)

The Not So Great American Novel

The Not So Great American Novel
by James E Doucette
September 2022

Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, Hicksite Quaker, Iowa/National Suffragette And Her Speeches

Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, Hicksite Quaker, Iowa/National Suffragette And Her Speeches
by John N. (Jake) Ferris
October 2022

In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All

In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All
by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
November 2022

The Smartest Person in the Room: The Root Cause and New Solution for Cybersecurity

The Smartest Person in the Room
by Christian Espinosa
December 2022

2021 Philosophy Books of the Month

The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God's Plan

The Biblical Clock
by Daniel Friedmann
March 2021

Wilderness Cry: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach to Understanding God and the Universe

Wilderness Cry
by Dr. Hilary L Hunt M.D.
April 2021

Fear Not, Dream Big, & Execute: Tools To Spark Your Dream And Ignite Your Follow-Through

Fear Not, Dream Big, & Execute
by Jeff Meyer
May 2021

Surviving the Business of Healthcare: Knowledge is Power

Surviving the Business of Healthcare
by Barbara Galutia Regis M.S. PA-C
June 2021

Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure

Winning the War on Cancer
by Sylvie Beljanski
July 2021

Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream

Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream
by Dr Frank L Douglas
August 2021

If Life Stinks, Get Your Head Outta Your Buts

If Life Stinks, Get Your Head Outta Your Buts
by Mark L. Wdowiak
September 2021

The Preppers Medical Handbook

The Preppers Medical Handbook
by Dr. William W Forgey M.D.
October 2021

Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress: A Practical Guide

Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress
by Dr. Gustavo Kinrys, MD
November 2021

Dream For Peace: An Ambassador Memoir

Dream For Peace
by Dr. Ghoulem Berrah
December 2021