We celebrate what remaining independence we still have as we review “The Patriot” starring Mel Gibson with Snobby Bobby of the Not for Everyone Podcast (another movie review show!). Cross-over! Fireworks! BBQ and Freedom!

Give us liberty or give us mandates which we will blindly follow…apparently true for 99% of the people who will be celebrating their “independence” this July 4th.

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Google Description for the film

The Patriot

A widowed farmer, with a brave but brutal military past, decides not to join up when the British arrive in 1776. However, when his son enlists and is later captured by the enemy, the former soldier must abandon his new-found pacifist principles in order to rescue his oldest child, and forms a regiment of Carolina patriots, whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort.

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Our Guest:

Snobby Bobby of the Not For Everyone Podcast is a first-time guest, but we expect him to join us again in the future for more episodes. You can find his podcast on SoundCloud and wherever podcasts are available:

His podcast is described thusly:

Trigger Warning – Explicit Complaining – ‘Not For Everyone’ is a podcast featuring two cynical man-children that primarily explore the deep cuts of schlock horror/sci-fi/fantasy films made in the 70s, 80s, and 90s as well as their flawed friendship. These fellas also spend the first 30 – 40 minutes of each episode just BSing about random adjacent topics such comics, heavy metal, bigfoot, death row meals and half-assed paranormal investigation adventures.

Host Heroes: John Carpenter, Fred Dekker. Stan Winston, Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, Glenn Danzig and Dracula.

Show Notes:

Conceived in Liberty, authored by Murray Rothbard, is a 5-volume narrative concerning the history of the United States from the pre-colonial period through the American Revolution.

There’s never been a more urgent time to remember the revolutionary and even libertarian roots of the American founding, and there’s no better guide to what this means in the narrative of the Colonial period than Murray Rothbard. Rothbard’s ambition was to shed new light on Colonial history and show that the struggle for human liberty was the heart and soul of this land from its discovery through the culminating event of the American Revolution. This volume is a tour de force, enough to establish Rothbard as one of the great American historians. This single book (volumes 1–4) covers the discovery of the Americas and the colonies in the 17th century, the period of “salutary neglect” in the first half of the 18th century, the advance to revolution, from 1760–1775 and the political, military, and ideological history of the revolution and after.

The fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty highlights the most important battle of the American project, one that continues to this day: the conflict between those who want to centralize power and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty. This book features a foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, a preface by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, and an introduction by Dr. Patrick Newman. The fifth volume completes Murray’s great work, lost for decades, yet as relevant as the day he finished it.

And here is Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s book that we mentioned, “Democracy the God That Failed”:

This 15-minute podcast by Robert Wenzel explains the mentality of the 99% driven to fear by the MSM and politicians:

https://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2020/06/dread-risk-fear-and-its-role-in-current.html

Here is the video that Bobby shared with me highlighting how the movie goes out of its way in making the British to be the most dastardly villains possible:

Here is another review of the movie:

https://ultimateactionmovies.com/mel-gibson-the-patriot/

Next week, we’re going to get classy, San Diego, with our good friend Pete Quinones AKA Mance Rayder of the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast as we a review of the Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman classic, “Casablanca” before it gets deplatformed.

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The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

We publish new episodes on Sunday just in time for your Monday commute; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics).

For our show where we talk about movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective, we often watch them on our various devices via Netflix, Amazon Prime or on VUDU (which lets you redeem UV content as well). The VUDU one is nice because once it is in there, you know it will still be there a few months later:

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We venture back to the neutral zone and boldly go where no man has before to discuss another episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation with Pat MacFarlane of Liberty Weekly.   This is our continuing mission to cover a few key episodes of this thought-provoking series for this summer.

Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series, The Next Generation follows the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Hoping to further his creator’s work and perpetuate his species, Data creates an android named Lal, who identifies as female.

Is she a creation or an offspring? Do the rights afforded the father extend to his creation? There are some administrative fireworks between Picard and Admiral Haftel that are unfortunately defused by the plot convenience of Lal’s cascade failure, but this is still a fun episode that explores the concepts and situations around parenting, social interactions, and education.

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Season 3, Episode 16: The Offspring

Hoping to further his creator’s work and perpetuate his species, Data creates an android named Lal.

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In early June, we covered the episode called “Justice” which can be found at:

Episode 131 – Star Trek: TNG – S1E7 Justice (1:16:30)

In July, we did the episode called “The Measure of a Man” where the recognization of Data’s rights as a sentient and self-owning being is realized.  You can find that episode at:

Episode 136 – Star Trek: TNG – S2E9 The Measure of a Man (1:05:41)

That one is directly related to tonight’s episode, regarding Data’s “child” Lal.

Our guest Patrick MacFarlane is a Rothbardian Ancap practicing lawyer in the State of Wisconsin.  He runs Liberty Weekly, Your weekly source of classical liberalism, Austrian Economics, personal liberty, and free markets! and hosts the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can also find him at the Libertarian Institute and the Libertarian Union.

Here are the previous appearances by our guest:

Episode 119 – My Cousin Vinny (1:03:43)

Episode 97 – Liar Liar (1:07:28)

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/11/05/episode-48-the-shining-ancap-movie-reivew/

Episode 41 – IT (1:48:55)

Episode 35 – Rogue One (1:16:05)

And here are our guest appearances on his show:

http://libertyweekly.net/how-to-turn-a-statist-into-an-anarchist-ft-actual-anarchy-ep-113

How to Talk to Statists: A Report From Larken Rose’s “Candles in the Dark” Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 26

The Death of Hollyweird? Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 37

Finally, here is the series with Liberty Weekly where we discussed the Netflix Documentary “Wild, Wild Country”:

http://libertyweekly.net/liberty-weekly-summer-special-wild-wild-country

http://www.libertyweekly.net/wwc

Here be some of the show notes:

The new Picard trailer:

Here is Murray Rothbard’s book on Compulsory Education, it’s history, stated purpose and some of the unintended effects:

If you want to dive into the history of education more deeply, you would do well to check out the work of the recently-passed, John Taylor Gatto. Here is his ground-breaking work that put him on the radar of many people:

And here is one of his more recent books:

We also highly recommend the book series called “The Tuttle Twins” by Connor Boyack and illustrated by Elijah Stanfield.  Each book is a fun story imbued with free-market and libertarian principles that are great for kids roughly 5-12.

Our kids enjoy these books where they learn about how goods and services are created via spontaneous order on the free-market, how law and legality are not the same thing, the value of entrepreneurship and providing value for others among other excellent lessons.

Each story introduces your children to the thinking of the greats like Rothbard and Gatto (mentioned above), as well as Frederic Bastiat, Leonard Reed, Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, F. A. Hayek, and more…

If you are interested in learning more about homeschooling and the laws in your state that you should be aware, please check out the Homeschool Legal Defense Association at: https://hslda.org/content/

And if you have made the decision to pursue homeschooling, you would do well to check out the Ron Paul Homeschool Curriculum at: http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/index.cfm?affID=cdlearning

And Liberty Classroom, by Tom Woods: http://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=11470

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The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

We publish new episodes on Sunday just in time for your Monday commute; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics).

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ABOUT

Actual Anarchy, an anarchy unlike what the average idiot thinks it would be. Anarchy means no rulers, not no rules. The non-aggression principle and a respect of property rights are what makes it go.

We host a podcast where we take pop culture movies and showcase moments or scenes or themes throughout that are literally actual examples of anarchy.

Any place, around the world, there are always examples of Actual Anarchy all about you. Sometimes you just have to sit back and take a look. It’s easy once they’ve been pointed out a few times.

Actual Anarchy is real world examples of anarchy in action.

Movies, Shows, Books, News, etc… we host all sorts of content on the site from a bevy of writers enthusiastic for one goal: human freedom

Read Rothbard – Become an Actual Anarchist

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I do not contrite to use the term ‘imbeciles’ for this privileged tribe, who happen to confuse their own ‘feelings with thinking’, ‘economics with sociology’ and ‘statistics with history’, and nevertheless ‘sanatana dharma’ with ‘sanatana marxism’. This tribe is into the vocation of policy making, cow vigilantism, trolling, chanting, cacophonous journalism, and nonetheless politics. One may spot them individually but one can verily identify their nescience, in public sphere. They were ‘coherently’ critical in their analysis of socialism, marxism, hinduphobia, leftism, liberalism, nehruvianism, fabian economics and ‘license raj’ epoch, but [unfortunately] the cards got painted in the same colour that they used to condemn it once. This is to say that, saffron is the new red.

Some even dare to proffer credit to Modinomics for doing something ‘new’, but little do they know that their socialistic ‘grandmaster’ simply renamed the title of public policies (19, out of 22) after coming to power in 2014. The theme of UPA govt. or the Congress govt. always leaned towards the left spectrum. What India is witnessing today is political right-ism and economical left-ism at the same time, which is a perilous combination than carbon monoxide. This tribe, loving saffron colour, are nothing but cowmunists (not communists), who are simply and obediently OK with their grandmaster’s take on orwellian ‘Aadhar’ card, increasing taxation, ‘nationalization’ of cash holdings (aka demonetisation), general slavery tax (GST), taxes on profits (success) and cashback, beef ban (India being the 2^nd largest exporter of beef, even today), illegalization of cryptocurrencies and the symmetrical regulation of right-to-information.

Ceteris Paribus (other things being equal), Modinomics came to power with a sweet promise “minimum government, maximum governance” but it turned out to be the case of “maximum government, minimum governance”. In my article on The Quint, I ratiocinated this case with facts. The government was supposed to leave people and market ‘free’. That’s the sanatana dharma.

But, bloggers like Arun Jaitley, and Piyush Goyal, and the most hon’ble cowmunist Nirmala Sitharaman seems to keep Indian economy upside-down. If Chanakya were alive today, he would die from brain hemorrhage by looking at the art of tax collection, GDP calculation and bailout structures.

The era of vedic India (Bhaarat) actually civilized the economic societies within India. It was mainly due to the then existence of ‘janpada’ system (decentralization of power and economic activities), which caused prosperity and collective growth. The year 2014 was assumed as 1947 part-II, begetting independence to India again, but the travesty of Modinomical civilization is poorly reflected on India’s ranking on the indexes of capital formation, job creation, obtaining construction permit, speedy trials, property rights, black wealth creation, start ups, etc.

The results speak louder than speeches, thus making India a nation of sanatana marxism (in short, socialism + cow). The rising debt, fiscal fascism, collectivism thought and rampant monetary apoplithorismosphobia are ‘ravana’ enough to grill the ‘ram rajya’ honeymoon story of Indian economy.

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About the Author

Prof. Jaimine Vaishnav is an anarcho-capitalist based in Mumbai, India. His hobbies are about defending the liberties of all his dissents without charging any fee at the cost of nobody.

Twitter a/c @jaiminism

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We talk about the epic film “Reds” which follows John Reed as he covers the Bolshevik Revolution as an idealistic journalist with utopian visions of successfully implementing socialism. Our guest is Jon Reed (no relation) and we have a barn-burner of a discussion about this marathon of a movie that has some many discussion-nuggets that our show went a little long.

A Ronald Reagan favorite. #9 on the top ten list of “epics”. An obsession-project for Warren Beatty who would shoot up to 100 takes and keep the film rolling so that he had over two weeks of footage. This movie destroyed his relationship with Diane Keaton and got Gene Hackman to refuse a role a decade later. His speech scene instigated the crew to strike over “exploitation” demanding higher wages.

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Reds

American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed’s ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright (Jack Nicholson), and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.

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Our guest has a penchant for long movies, apparently. His first appearance being for the nearly-3-hour DiCaprio flick “The Aviator” which can be found at:

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/07/22/episode-33-the-aviator-ancap-movie-review/

Jon Reed’s a communications professional who’s been a writer and video creator for the past 20 years. He enjoys debating current events and explaining the blessings of liberty and how to get it and long walks on the beach. Jon’s a movie buff, wine lover, and introvert who enjoys his time chillin at home, or hanging out with a select few people who spike his intellect and curiosity…and cats…he’s a cat person.

You can go to his website http://jonreedcreative.com/

Here are some of the books, podcast episodes and articles we referenced during the show, be sure to check them out:

101 year anniversary of murdering the czar and his family.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/17/otd-july-17-romanov-murder-a66433

DiLorenzo, 10 things to know about socialism

Playing this at 2x only takes 25 minutes, which is a small price to pay to avoid perpetuating terrible ideas that can’t work and will only result in a lower standard of living at best, and well, millions of dead at worst.

Here is his related book:

Revolution in Russia. Tom Woods episode 399

Ep. 399 Lenin and the Russian Revolution: Institutionalized Insanity

Here is Tom’s write up describing the background:

https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/bernie-commie

If you are looking for some free e-books that take down the all-too-popularity of socialism in the recent politics of Bernie Sanders and Sandy Cortez, check out the following:

http://www.bernieiswrong.com

http://www.AOCiswrong.com

Ludwig von Mises books:

Socialism

Human Action

Murray Rothbard book and lecture series:

The Progressive Era

Lecture series:

It’s almost that time of the month…that’s right, we’ll be back next week with our next installment in our summer series on episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation with Pat MacFarlane of Liberty Weekly. This time we’ll be taking the argument for Data’s self-ownership and step further down the family tree as we explore the episode called “The Offspring” (S3E16) where Data creates a “child”. Engage.

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The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

We publish new episodes on Sunday just in time for your Monday commute; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics).

For our show where we talk about movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective, we often watch them on our various devices via Netflix, Amazon Prime or on VUDU (which lets you redeem UV content as well). The VUDU one is nice because once it is in there, you know it will still be there a few months later:

ABOUT

Actual Anarchy, an anarchy unlike what the average idiot thinks it would be. Anarchy means no rulers, not no rules. The non-aggression principle and a respect of property rights are what makes it go.

We host a podcast where we take pop culture movies and showcase moments or scenes or themes throughout that are literally actual examples of anarchy.

Any place, around the world, there are always examples of Actual Anarchy all about you. Sometimes you just have to sit back and take a look. It’s easy once they’ve been pointed out a few times.

Actual Anarchy is real world examples of anarchy in action.

Movies, Shows, Books, News, etc… we host all sorts of content on the site from a bevy of writers enthusiastic for one goal: human freedom

Read Rothbard – Become an Actual Anarchist

PRESENTED BY

Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content at www.ActualAnarchy.com and on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person.

Hit us up on our Tip Jar page to see all the myriad was you can support the show and the site: www.actualanarchy.com/tipjar

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We venture back to the neutral zone and boldly go where no man has before to discuss another episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation with Pat MacFarlane of Liberty Weekly. This is our continuing mission to cover a few key episodes of this thought-provoking series for this summer. You can find his show at: http://www.libertyweekly.net

Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series, The Next Generation follows the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

In early June, we covered the episode called “Justice” which can be found at AA131/LN74. We will be doing at least one more, that is directly related to tonight’s episode, in early August.

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Episode Description

Season 2, Episode 9: The Measure of a Man

When Data refuses to be disassembled for research purposes, Picard is enlisted to defend his rights in court.

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Our guest Patrick MacFarlane is a Rothbardian Ancap practicing lawyer in the State of Wisconsin.  He runs Liberty Weekly, Your weekly source of classical liberalism, Austrian Economics, personal liberty, and free markets! and hosts the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can also find him at the Libertarian Institute and the Libertarian Union.

Here are the previous appearances by our guest:

Episode 131 – Star Trek: TNG – S1E7 Justice (1:16:30)

Episode 119 – My Cousin Vinny (1:03:43)

Episode 97 – Liar Liar (1:07:28)

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/11/05/episode-48-the-shining-ancap-movie-reivew/

Episode 41 – IT (1:48:55)

Episode 35 – Rogue One (1:16:05)

And here are our guest appearances on his show:

http://libertyweekly.net/how-to-turn-a-statist-into-an-anarchist-ft-actual-anarchy-ep-113

How to Talk to Statists: A Report From Larken Rose’s “Candles in the Dark” Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 26

The Death of Hollyweird? Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 37

Finally, here is the series with Liberty Weekly where we discussed the Netflix Documentary “Wild, Wild Country”:

http://libertyweekly.net/liberty-weekly-summer-special-wild-wild-country

http://www.libertyweekly.net/wwc

Here be some of the show notes:

The new Tom Woods eBook, “AOC is Wrong” can be found at:

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Here is a sampling of FDA-approved drug deaths as presented in Robert Higgs’ book “Against Leviathan.”

You can purchase this excellent book at our affiliate link below, at no additional cost to you:

A Libertarian Theory of Contract Ep. 88

Robert Murphy debate tactics. Concede and defeat on their own terms:

http://mushimaster.blogspot.com/2014/09/data-star-trek-next-generation-what.html

Rothbard on the Greater Good, suppose you’re in the lesser number, what then?  (44:10 of the following)

Rothbard lecture on monetary theory and being in a state of illegality regarding bank-runs   (10:30 of the following)

Amanda Knox in Italy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox

Keith Knight: The Ultimate Red Pill:

Join us next week as we come back with Shaheen to wrap-up our discussion on “Batman v Superman” and also tackle “Justice League”.

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The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

We publish new episodes on Sunday just in time for your Monday commute; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics).

For our show where we talk about movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective, we often watch them on our various devices via Netflix, Amazon Prime or on VUDU (which lets you redeem UV content as well). The VUDU one is nice because once it is in there, you know it will still be there a few months later:

ABOUT

Actual Anarchy, an anarchy unlike what the average idiot thinks it would be. Anarchy means no rulers, not no rules. The non-aggression principle and a respect of property rights are what makes it go.

We host a podcast where we take pop culture movies and showcase moments or scenes or themes throughout that are literally actual examples of anarchy.

Any place, around the world, there are always examples of Actual Anarchy all about you. Sometimes you just have to sit back and take a look. It’s easy once they’ve been pointed out a few times.

Actual Anarchy is real world examples of anarchy in action.

Movies, Shows, Books, News, etc… we host all sorts of content on the site from a bevy of writers enthusiastic for one goal: human freedom

Read Rothbard – Become an Actual Anarchist

PRESENTED BY

Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content at www.ActualAnarchy.com and on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person.

Hit us up on our Tip Jar page to see all the myriad was you can support the show and the site: www.actualanarchy.com/tipjar

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We boldly go where no man has gone before, on this show at least, and discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation with our pal, Patrick MacFarlane of the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can find his show at: http://www.libertyweekly.net

Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series, The Next Generation follows the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Season 1, Episode 7: Justice (Air date: November 9, 1987)

When Wesley is sentenced to death for innocently violating an alien planet’s custom, Captain Picard is forced to choose between negotiating for Wesley’s life or adhering to the Federation’s prime directive which prohibits interfering with another civilization’s way of life.

Rule of Law vs. Rulers – almost Anarchy. Justice is immediate and extreme. Like Gort, but on an individual scale. Intermittent as nobody knows when or where the law will be enforced, which is a schedule that is most effective for conditioning behavior.

This has a great philosophical and legal conundrum that we will sink our teeth in to as a special birthday request of co-host, Robert Johnson.

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Episode Description

Season 1, Episode 7: Justice

When Wesley is sentenced to death for innocently violating an alien planet’s custom, Captain Picard is forced to choose between negotiating for Wesley’s life or adhering to the Federation’s prime directive which prohibits interfering with another civilization’s way of life.

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Check out our affiliate link at: https://www.actualanarchy.com/blue

Our guest Patrick MacFarlane is a Rothbardian Ancap practicing lawyer in the State of Wisconsin.  He runs Liberty Weekly, Your weekly source of classical liberalism, Austrian Economics, personal liberty, and free markets! and hosts the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can also find him at the Libertarian Institute and the Libertarian Union.

Here are the previous appearances by our guest:

Episode 119 – My Cousin Vinny (1:03:43)

Episode 97 – Liar Liar (1:07:28)

Episode 48 – The Shining (1:58:12)

Episode 41 – IT (1:48:55)

Episode 35 – Rogue One (1:16:05)

And here are our guest appearances on his show:

How to Turn a Statist into an Anarchist ft. Actual Anarchy Ep. 113

How to Talk to Statists: A Report From Larken Rose’s “Candles in the Dark” Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 26

The Death of Hollyweird? Feat. Actual Anarchy Ep. 37

Finally, here is the series with Liberty Weekly where we discussed the Netflix Documentary “Wild, Wild Country”:

Liberty Weekly Summer Special: Wild Wild Country

http://www.libertyweekly.net/wwc

Here be some of the show notes:

Rothbard’s unleash the cops:  https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/02/murray-n-rothbard/program-right-wing-populism/

Rollo McFloogle article: https://www.mcfloogle.com/2017/10/27/unleash-the-cops-interpreting-murray-rothbard/

Bentham deterrence theory and the panopticon – lecture:
https://www.readrothbard.com/2018/10/23/history-of-economic-thought-3-of-6-the-pre-austrians-murray-n-rothbard/
[Bentham: Deterrence theory at timestamp: 43:45; Panopticon is at timestamp: 46:10]

Larken Rose: The Tiny Dot:

https://youtu.be/H6b70TUbdfs

Keith Knight: The Ultimate Red Pill:

Join us next week as we eat tiny burgers with the host of the Cannabis Heals Me Podcast and we discuss “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.”

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And here is the Black and [Dot] Gold link chronicling my efforts at being an Entrepreneurial AnCap to earn multiple income streams independent of location:

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Having an argument on Facebook about economics?

Is someone bashing Uber in favor of the taxi industry?

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The Rothbard Repository is a keyword searchable database of Murray Rothbard lectures.

You can quickly find what you are looking for.
This tool will help you find the exact timestamp of when Rothbard talks about a specific topic you searched.

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Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Actual Anarchy Podcast!

The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

We publish new episodes on Sunday just in time for your Monday commute; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics).

For our show where we talk about movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective, we often watch them on our various devices via Netflix, Amazon Prime or on VUDU (which lets you redeem UV content as well). The VUDU one is nice because once it is in there, you know it will still be there a few months later:

ABOUT

Actual Anarchy, an anarchy unlike what the average idiot thinks it would be. Anarchy means no rulers, not no rules. The non-aggression principle and a respect of property rights are what makes it go.

We host a podcast where we take pop culture movies and showcase moments or scenes or themes throughout that are literally actual examples of anarchy.

Any place, around the world, there are always examples of Actual Anarchy all about you. Sometimes you just have to sit back and take a look. It’s easy once they’ve been pointed out a few times.

Actual Anarchy is real world examples of anarchy in action.

Movies, Shows, Books, News, etc… we host all sorts of content on the site from a bevy of writers enthusiastic for one goal: human freedom

Read Rothbard – Become an Actual Anarchist

PRESENTED BY

Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content at www.ActualAnarchy.com and on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person.

Hit us up on our Tip Jar page to see all the myriad was you can support the show and the site: www.actualanarchy.com/tipjar

Also, be sure to give us your likes, comments, shares, ratings, reviews, and other feedbacks!

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For the history you didn’t learn in school, check out Liberty Classroom:

Get the equivalent of a Ph.D. in libertarian thought and free-market economics online for just 24 cents a day….

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It was just earth day, so we thought we’d get off this filthy rock and head out on a Galaxy Quest. This is a fun homage movie to the Star Trek universe that stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman among others in a fun jaunt that may not give us much to talk about. We shall see. Never give up, never surrender.

The alumni cast of a cult space TV show have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help.

By Grabthar’s Hammer, by the Sons Of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

Check out our guest’s site:  http://www.anarchistmom.com

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Google Description

Galaxy Quest

The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show – now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions – are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast’s heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system.

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The Anarchist Mom joined us for our episode on the Lord of the Rings trilogy last December, here is a link to that discussion:

Episode 105 – The Lord of the Rings (1:01:37)

Here are the show notes for this episode:

Tombstone episode:

Episode 26 – Tombstone (1:39:55)

Rothbard lecture about rent control (the story about moving around NYC starts around 98 minutes):  https://youtu.be/TzpLIP4QEOw

Rent Control – Walter Block article:  Defending the Slumlord:  https://mises.org/library/defending-slumlord

Defending the Undefendable

Block discusses the Dresden/Bronx pictures in his book in this lecture:

“Interventionism: Rent Control, Wage Laws, Unionism, Tariffs” Block, Mises University (2004, session 2)
https://mises.org/library/interventionism-rent-control-wage-laws-unions-tariffs

Leonard Nimoy – type cast, video of singing about hobbits

Sweatshops and Child labor – Ben Powell: https://mises.org/library/sweatshops-way-out-poverty

Rothbard lecture minimum wages vs. clam digging family (story starts at about 34 minutes): https://youtu.be/BvBMUxiIhCk

North Korea firing squad: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/north-korea-executed-four-officials-220802325.html

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Three Amigos – DVD affiliate link

Join us next week as we don our sombreros of cultural appropriation and celebrate Cinco de Drinko in style with an analysis of Three Amigos.

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Same place as above!

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And also at Anchor.FM where you can even leave us messages of up to one-minute long that we can plug into the show, and respond to. Give it a try and we’ll see how it works together!

Check out our Patreon page to become a supporting listener and get access to this full recording and the other dozens of shows available: www.patreon.com/ReadRothbard

Check out Robert’s “Trubbster” designs on the Tee Public:

For the history you didn’t learn in school, check out Liberty Classroom:

Get the equivalent of a Ph.D. in libertarian thought and free-market economics online for just 24 cents a day….

Here is the link for the Mises Quotes page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MisesQuote/

And here is the Black and [Dot] Gold link chronicling my efforts at being an Entrepreneurial AnCap to earn multiple income streams independent of location:

Black and [Dot} Gold Facebook page

Here is how to get access to the Rothbard Repository:

http://repository.readrothbard.com/

Having an argument on Facebook about economics?

Is someone bashing Uber in favor of the taxi industry?

Which lecture(s) was it where Rothbard discussed taxi medallions and price controls in the taxi industry?

It can be hard to remember.

The Rothbard Repository is a keyword searchable database of Murray Rothbard lectures.

You can quickly find what you are looking for.
This tool will help you find the exact timestamp of when Rothbard talks about a specific topic you searched.

---

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Get your web hosting via our Bluehost affiliate link, and we will also give you a mention on our show and backlink on our website.

Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Actual Anarchy Podcast!

The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.

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A tribute episode to our friend Lewis Liberman to discuss one of his favorite films, Terry Gilliam’s noir steampunk, “Brazil”.

A bureaucrat, in a retro-future world, tries to correct an administrative error and becomes an enemy of the state. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro and Michael Palin star in this landmark cult classic about a government clerk in a future world who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity.

It’s a movie about bureaucracy and totalitarian control with a populace of lobotomized passivity of consumerism. Mistaken identity due to a clerical error leads to government kidnapping and coverup intermixed with heroic dream sequences of saving himself from himself? Perhaps it’s all in his head. And remember, information is prosperity. Don’t suspect a friend. Report him.

There’s a “happy” version where he awakes from the nightmare with the woman he thought had died. In the director’s version discussed in this episode, the dream is the happy version in his lobotomized state of sitting in a chair with a grin as he finally escapes the horror of his world.

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Brazil

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro), he meets the woman from his daydream (Kim Greist), and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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He had just released a book showcasing his artistry and was recently featured in an interview, alongside his wife on Blastoff! with Johnny Rocket and Raylene Lightheart:

Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket Episode 30: Media Madness! (W/Lewis Liberman & Julie Wilder)

Here are Lewis and his wife Julie’s appearances on our show:

Episode 17 – Ghostbusters (1:39:56)

Episode 40 – Equilibrium (1:28:37)

Lewis and I had discussed him returning as a guest to discuss one of his favorite films, “Brazil”, and we never made it happen.  We hope that we covered the movie well in his honor.

Here is a moving tribute to him written by the Dissident Mama:

My brother in arms

Here are the various show notes that we mentioned during the show:

A decent analysis of Brazil trying to find meaning in the movie:

What Does This Movie Mean? Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” (1985)

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Here is the Doug Casey interview that we touched on briefly as well:

Doug Casey on Toxic Masculinity and White Privilege

According to Gilliam in an interview with Clive James in his online program Talking in the Library, Brazil is—to his surprise—apparently a favorite film of the far right in America.

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The Actual Anarchy Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom.

Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. If it’s voluntary, we’re cool with it. If it’s not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights – the core tenants of Libertarian Theory – and hence – human freedom.

We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.

We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.

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The state of mother nature is “exploitation”.

I often encounter socialists clinging to the Labor Theory of Value, which is absolute garbage that even Marxist intellectuals admit is wrong and distance themselves from.

According to these socialists, “Surplus value” is anything above the wage that is gained from the sale of the good.

So I gotta ask, is all the plant and equipment, labor of others (including management), savings and investment and consequent assumption of entrepreneurial risk just to be donated?

If they truly believe that labor is the source of all value, then it would have to be in line with the value of a good that they can create with their bare hands and without raw materials other than what they find in the commons (tragedy of it and all).

Also, the wage laborer gets paid NOW and does not risk loss in an uncertain future where the price of the good sold is unknown (if it sells at a profit at all).

LTV gets blown up in the first 10 minutes of this:

Bohm-Bawerk and Mises both crushed Marxism.

Here:

And here:

Rothbard dissects the arguments and rebuttals related to the Economic Calculation Problem posed by Mises here:

The End of Socialism and the Calculation Debate Revisited

Marx, even in his writings used two different definitions of “capitalism” to suit his argument.

He defines it two different ways. In the manifesto, he says it is just free selling and free buying. In other writings, he uses government monopoly privileges bestowed upon the well-connected as “capitalism”.

All the critiques were of mercantilism/protectionism, which is where the present day socialists get the “capitalism requires a state”.

Source on this point: https://mises.org/library/marx-and-mercantilism

If a socialist is truly trying to “free” you, he wouldn’t advocate for a system that would require total domination over you.

How much control over people would be needed?

Total.

It is not compassionate.

It is not freedom.

It is utter tyranny.

And it fails on economics as icing on the shit cake.

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There’s a new piece out with MIT professor Noam Chomsky, adapted from a previous interview, titled Noam Chomsky Explains Exactly What’s Wrong With Libertarianism . He doesn’t do this, but instead, characteristic of Chomsky, goes on vague rants which appear to offer no real, workable solutions to the problems in the world. Indeed, Chomsky would appear quite favorable to the state; at least, relative to the market economy which he fears would be a unchecked force without the state.

The first non-argument set forth by Chomsky, intended as a way to make libertarianism seem so obscure that it must be illegitimate, is to say that, “what’s called libertarian in the United States, which is a special U. S. phenomenon, [it] doesn’t really exist anywhere else.”

This would be the same as to say that, since only few people have acknowledged the validity of something, that it’s not valid. This is often invoked as a case against free-market (Austrian) economics. “If it’s correct/the best way,” the opponent will claim, “why isn’t it the prevailing doctrine?” Well, because there is nothing to stop bad ideas from taking over.

Left-anarchists overall like to use this Chomsky non-argument to say that, since “anarchism was historically socialist,” therefore “anarcho-capitalism is not real anarchism.” It is true that anarcho-capitalism is more modern relative to anarcho-socialism, but historical or etymological origin doesn’t change meanings. It doesn’t change that the anarcho-capitalist is extremely hostile to the state (more so than Chomsky), and that it emerged from centuries of anti state classical liberalism.

Thus, even if we grant the validity of the argument, it isn’t even true the anarchists always cited — or the ones existing in the 19th century — were opposed to individualism, free-markets, and property rights. As anarcho-capitalist Bryan Caplan noted, “ despite a popular claim that socialism and anarchism have been inextricably linked since the inception of the anarchist movement, many 19th-century anarchists, not only Americans such as Tucker and Spooner, but even Europeans like Proudhon, were ardently in favor of private property (merely believing that some existing sorts of property were illegitimate, without opposing private property as such).

Caplan goes on to quote the American anarchist Benjamin Tucker, who, writing in 1887, said that,

“it will probably surprise many who know nothing of Proudhon save his declaration that ‘property is robbery’ to learn that he was perhaps the most vigorous hater of Communism that ever lived on this planet. But the apparent inconsistency vanishes when you read his book and find that by property he means simply legally privileged wealth or the power of usury, and not at all the possession by the laborer of his products.”

Chomsky then continues to strawman the anarcho-libertarian tradition following the above non-argument, saying that it, “permits a very high level of authority and domination but in the hands of private power: so private power should be unleashed to do whatever it likes.”

This is not at all the case. The libertarian holds to the non-aggression principle, which condemns aggression as criminal, and permits the use of force only in self-defense of rightful ownership of body and property. It is the idea of the state in which power can be unleashed to do whatever it likes; and it would seem Chomsky is fond of this solution.

Chomsky has a loose way with words which must turn some people on to, well, whatever his ideas really are, such as to say that “concentrated private power” will take over. He is, again, quite vague on what it is he really stands for, generally self-identifying as an “anarcho syndicalist.”

“Private power”

Chomsky is afraid of what he repeatedly calls “private power,” perhaps such as to make you fear freedom from the state; he uses this term eight times in this piece. But he leaves out that these corporations he speaks of have always went to the state to obtain the power that they were unable to on the market.

As documented by Murray Rothbard in The Progressive Era , in every industry, every time, private attempts at cartels and monopolies failed, and these businesses saw to it that the only way they would be successful is to turn to the strong arm of the state. And so they did, putting forth various laws, such as the Federal Reserve Act, to gain control of the economy which they found impossible to do so without state assistance.

Chomsky would seem to hold the view that the state came in to save everyone in the 1930s, and the preceding progressive era, rather than this being a time when private interests indeed worked to secure special privileges from the state. The progressive era was not one where unchecked private power was finally checked; it was a time when these private interests saw to it that the government secure their position in the economy.

However, Chomsky, the alleged anarchist, believes that we need more of the state to check them.  Despite acknowledging the “concentration of private power through the use of state system,” he would seemingly like to have it both ways: the state can be convenient and socialist, too.

While the anarcho-capitalist acknowledges that not every quasi-private business in our crony-socialist economy is legitimate, being that many of them have been privileged by the state in various ways, the solution remains that denying them the state — and its special privileges, subsidies, contracts — would lead them to fail . Private power came about through state power, and Chomsky is completely backward — my guess, wittingly — in his idea of the role of the state.

A strategy for liberty?

In the voluntaryist tradition, which Chomsky would deride as giving way to “private power,” it is never acceptable to use statist means toward libertarian ends; the state is patently coercive and anarchists should avoid associating with it in any capacity (voting, taking office, etc).

Long a question to anarchists is how this anarchist society will be achieved.

Especially if the political means are off the table. Some will agree that it sounds ideal, but being that we do have a state, how do we get there?

According to Chomsky,

“One way, incidentally, is through use of the state, to the extent that it is democratically controlled.”

Trying to reconcile this with their alleged anarchism, the state is justified “in the context of the capitalist economy.” So long as there is private power — though, how will anarcho-syndicalism rid the world of private property? — the state may be a useful tool in controlling it.

If they fear “private power,” which economists such as Ludwig von Mises had always distinguished from state power for that the market economy exists to serve the consumers, then it would seem that Chomsky and anarcho syndicalists are scared of statelessness. For, how would they stop people from accumulating capital, freely exchanging, using money, etc., in a world without the state? It seems they believe they couldn’t , and the state may hold the solution.

It is almost as if they rightly realize the state is socialist and exists as the means to trample on private property rights. So much for the “capitalist state,” as the interviewer suggests, it is correctly realized that the state is the means of having socialism; and that a stateless society would in fact mean capitalism.

To Chomsky, the state is useful because it “provides devices to constrain the much more dangerous forces of private power.”

While the world isn’t perfect, and the scope of discussion is very much what is preferable , e.g., liberty to the state, Chomsky is clear that he believes the private, market economy is “much more dangerous” than the state. That the state is preferable to the market is all that’s needed to confirm that one is not an anarchist.

But he’s not done yet. The state has won so many concessions for the people, it is believed, that surely the enactment of more laws for “the workers” would be good. One starts to get the feel that there is no real difference in an anarcho-socialist and a state-socialist; socialism always means to violate property rights. It is typical of left-anarchist types that state-run healthcare, labor laws, minimum wage laws, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc., are all good; to abolish them would be horrendous. What does Chomsky suggest is good in the state?

“Rules for safety and health in the workplace for example. Or insuring that people have decent health care, let’s say. Many other things like that.”

Again, on not realizing that “private power” turned to the state for real power, these interests —and not “the workers” — were always the ones behind these acts. It was those at the top pushing for workman’s compensation and other labor laws, knowing this would increase the costs of doing business, thus heightening the barriers to entry into the market and keeping out competition.

What is “decent” healthcare is apparently to be decided by Chomsky.

Again, ignorant that markets do provide, Chomsky tells us these wonderful things the state has given us are “not going to come about through private power.”

So how might an “anarchist” suggest they will come about?

“They can come about through the use of the state system under limited democratic control…to carry forward reformist measures. I think those are fine things to do. they should be looking forward to something much more, much beyond, — namely actual, much larger-scale democratization.”

Chomsky is essentially a democratic-socialist, hence his giddy support for the Bernie Sanders campaign, respecting Sanders for being brave enough to come out as a socialist. Indeed, he says of “anarcho-syndicalism” that “democracy of that kind should be the foundational elements of a more general free society.” Worse, Chomsky appears quite fond of Chavez and the Venezuelan prospect of offering the world an alternative (just as Sanders praised it).

Typical of a democratic socialist, which is but a softcore variety of communism, distance is sought from the much more heinous episodes in socialism, while a “huge” difference is presented to exist between both degrees of socialism. Chomsky is content with the latter, still statist, variety.

“As for state socialism, depends what one means by the term. If it’s tyranny of the Bolshevik variety (and its descendants), we need not tarry on it. If it’s a more expanded social democratic state, then the comments above apply.”

There you have it: state-socialism isn’t bad per se ; it “depends what one means” by it. There is thus an implicit admission that the state is in fact socialist (not capitalist), and this is good so long as it’s democratic . Seemingly his, and other anarcho-syndicalist’s, only problem with the state is that it isn’t democratic enough.

He continues

Further into this think-piece, Chomsky sounds the alarm of “climate change,” saying “we are facing a threat, a serious threat, of catastrophic climate change. And it’s no joke.” Presumably, the state would be used to check this, too. The solution, may we suggest, would be a greater enforcement of property rights, which doesn’t come under the state, to where any polluter, without a free pass, could be tried for aggression against the property rights of others.

It is true that the state rests on legitimacy, and not simply force alone, but Chomsky’s idea of indoctrination and propaganda is not that of the state indoctrinating people, but rather corporations who use clever marketing to dupe them. It’s as if people are forced to watch television or buy products in the same way they’re forced to fund the state through taxes.  Chomsky doesn’t seem to care much to talk about how the state seeks to control people. Rather, he thinks the state can be used as a device to do the controlling.

In a way, Chomsky is much like Sanders to simply point out a problem which most anyone agrees is a problem (say, prices are rising), but fail to identify the cause to the reader (monetary inflation), on top of offering no real solution to this problem (a return to sound money). He voices his concern that “one of the main problems for students today — a huge problem — is skyrocketing tuitions.” In democratic socialist fashion, this must be compared to other, relatively rich countries, and we should ask “why do we have tuitions that are completely out-of-line with other countries?” Nevermind the massive government meddling in education in the United States, where there is no free-market in education, where should Americans look for examples of better models?

“Go across the ocean: Germany is a rich country. Free tuition. Finland has the highest-ranked education system in the world. Free … virtually free. So I don’t think you can give an argument that there are economic necessities behind the incredibly high increase in tuition.”

Chomsky is obviously not an economist, but to make use of his renown, speaks of economic issues anyway. Someone needs to tell Chomsky “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” and that “taxation is theft” already, because this “anarchist” had a lot to learn.

Chomsky and libertarian-anarchism

To be so hostile to anarcho-capitalism, Chomsky is quite vague here in what it is he believes are the solutions, though he does mention these anarcho-syndicalist models which he says are still in need of work. Anyone looking for clear, concise, coherent arguments against the state and for liberty will have to look toward the anarcho-libertarian tradition set forth by figures such as Murray N. Rothbard, who Chomsky has also commented on.  They won’t find it from left-anarchists.

In the interview, Chomsky gives us his [vague] definition of anarchism:

“Anarchism is, in my view, basically a kind of tendency in human thought which shows up in different forms in different circumstances, and has some leading characteristics.”

Rothbard gives us something of much more substance, in his Society Without a State .

“I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of an individual.”

Whereas anarchism and the market is a “spontaneous order” to many anarcho-libertarians (of the American phenomenon!), the leftist-egalitarian variety of anarchism is apparently something that needs to be planned; it is not the market economy where many individuals privately associate with one another.

In the end Chomsky doesn’t offer much of anything to one interested in ideas to reach liberty.  He gives us the solution of the state, which has been no solution at all. Maybe the elites, perhaps Chomsky included, genuinely fear the libertarian tradition, for it serves as a decisive smack-down of the state and leaves no wiggle-room, as Chomsky likes to create, for the possibility that the state is a public benefactor. Contra Chomsky, to Rothbard, “the state is organized crime, murder, theft, and enslavement incarnate.”  There are no exceptions.

If the government really needed to pay a shill to confuse those with anarchist inclinations, and turn them back to the state, Chomsky would be their guy. If they were ever in need of a guy to make anarchism seem like an incoherent, impossible ideology, Chomsky is their man.

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