Comments on: Swine flu and anarchist skepticism http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1292 the bottom of the rabbit hole Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: georgedonnelly http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1292/comment-page-1#comment-27713 georgedonnelly Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:04:36 +0000 http://bradspangler.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-27713 I avoid Alex Jones at all costs and point out to people that he is an alarmist who takes sneaky shortcuts in his reasoning processes. I avoid Alex Jones at all costs and point out to people that he is an alarmist who takes sneaky shortcuts in his reasoning processes.

]]> By: Brad Spangler http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1292/comment-page-1#comment-27712 Brad Spangler Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:05:29 +0000 http://bradspangler.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-27712 Well, Robert Anton Wilson (a mutualist, btw -- I got to see him speak at the 1993 LP convention) did an excellent job in his writings of explaining why widespread paranoia results within authoritarian systems. This kind of stuff isn't going away any time soon, unfortunately. The point is that we have to, as committed and ideologically sophisticated anti-statists, recognize ourselves as a scarce resource. What we work on or waste time on matters. Internally, we already oppose the state completely. What would we do differently if such rumors were true? Nothing. Externally, the revolutionary class consciousness we seek to engender is one of not merely opposition to the current state, but opposition to statism itself that recognizes the mundane, day-to-day activity of all states as criminal behavior. There is no "win" for us in this sort of stuff. Well, Robert Anton Wilson (a mutualist, btw — I got to see him speak at the 1993 LP convention) did an excellent job in his writings of explaining why widespread paranoia results within authoritarian systems. This kind of stuff isn’t going away any time soon, unfortunately.

The point is that we have to, as committed and ideologically sophisticated anti-statists, recognize ourselves as a scarce resource. What we work on or waste time on matters.

Internally, we already oppose the state completely. What would we do differently if such rumors were true? Nothing.

Externally, the revolutionary class consciousness we seek to engender is one of not merely opposition to the current state, but opposition to statism itself that recognizes the mundane, day-to-day activity of all states as criminal behavior.

There is no “win” for us in this sort of stuff.

]]> By: Mike http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1292/comment-page-1#comment-27711 Mike Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:27:31 +0000 http://bradspangler.com/blog/?p=1292#comment-27711 I did a post about this yesterday (and linked this). I am really concerned that we will be conflated with the conspiracy nuts if we continue to associate with nuts like Jones. I did a post about this yesterday (and linked this).

I am really concerned that we will be conflated with the conspiracy nuts if we continue to associate with nuts like Jones.

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