Logical Analysis/Critique of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame/&”Anarcho/Primitivism”
Premise 1. Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for Industrial Civilization.
Premise.1 Civilization, is not sustainable, Civilization could be sustained, through depopulation, permaculture, and technological advancements in the future. Or Industrial Civilization, could collapse from unsustainable usage of natural resources. The human species will go extinct, sometime in the future, the manner in which the human species goes extinct, is an argument about “dignity” VS ” exhaustion”, in terms of how the human species will cease to exist.
Premise 2. Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell the resources on which their communities are based until their communities have been destroyed. They also do not willingly allow their land-bases to be damaged so that other resources-gold, oil and so on- can be extracted. It follows that those who want the resources will do what they can to destroy traditional communities.
Premise 2. Traditional communities, in respect to the usage of natural resources, did not have the ability, to over-consume, deforest, and cause desertification, the necessary of enormous amounts of caloric energy, to hunt, gather, stack firewood, carve stone tools, and not having enough efficiency to use technology to improve the quality of life, caused many traditional communities, to operate, in a very violent way, The Studying current hunter-gatherer tribes have shown that , the percent of male adults who die in violence is extraordinary – from 20 to 60% of all males. Even during the violent 20th century, with two world wars, less than 2% of males worldwide died in warfare.
Premise 3. Our way of living-industrial civilization-is based on, requires, and would collapse very quickly without persistent and widespread violence
Premise 3.The current state monopoly, on force, and coercion, is based on and requires widespread violence. An Industrial civilized nation, without a state does not require persistent or widespread violence, and could operate, efficiently with a free market economy, without a state, and no imminent collapse of the whole civilization would be caused, or required, as a result of a free market.
Premise 4.Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, it is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, and horror.
Premise 4. No clearly, the only people who can rationalize violence, done by people higher in the social hierarchy, upon people lower in the social hierarchy are those who believe in democracy, or other state power. Violence cannot be rationalized, by logical means, if the violence has no distinct purpose of self-defense against people who want to harm you. Hierarchy is more prevalent, and pervasive, in many Tribal communities, with Shamans, Tribal Chiefs, holding an unorganized monopoly of power over members of the tribal community. Hierarchy in the workplace, is a necessary component of capitalism, a centralized state hierarchy, is a monopoly of power.
Premise 5. The property of those higher on the hierarchy is more valuable than the lives of those below. It is acceptable for those above to increase the amount of property they control-in everyday language, to make money-by destroying or taking the lives of those below. This Is called production. If those below damage the property of those above, those above may kill or otherwise destroy the lives of those below this is called justice.
Premise 5. No production, is not necessarily a problem, if production involves using natural resources, that do not include, killing animals to satiate, the appetite, of people who could simply use vitamin supplements to reduce the amount of suffering they inflict on creatures living on Earth. Vulgar crony-capitalism, is a merger of corporate interests and state interests, which ensure that monopolies of power are maintained, and barriers of entry prevent real competition in the market economy, as small businesses, cannot compete, with the fix pricing, in specific goods, by corporations who hold a monopoly of market share.
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Just thought I’d put my thoughts on anarcho-capitalism out there for the internet to look at.
The article that started it all…
In this video, anarchist artist Victor Pross tries to unravel some of the understandably confusing verbiage of these philosophical/political designations. 
This is a reading of Peter Kropotkin’s 1905 article on ‘anarchism’ from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The article gained attention for being an objective explanation of all of the main principles of anarchism. I am the speaker reading the text.
Liquid Theory TV is a collaboration between Clare Birchall, Gary Hall and Peter Woodbridge designed to develop a series of IPTV programmes. (IPTV, in its broadest sense, stands for all those technologies which use computer networks to deliver audio-visual programming.) The idea behind the Liquid Theory TV project is to experiment with IPTVs potential for providing new ways of communicating intellectual ideas, easily and cheaply, both inside and outside of the university. We want to do so not so much in an effort to have an impact outside of the academy, be it economic, social or cultural; nor to connect with an increasingly media-literate audience that books supposedly cannot, or can no longer, reach. Rather we want to experiment with IPTV in order to explore the potential for different effectivities that different forms of communication have – to the extent of perhaps even leading us to conceive of what we do as academics, writers, artists, media theorists and philosophers differently (see Wise, 2006: 241).
I have been called out for a debate by an anarcho-comunist who puts forth the challenge that if I favour capitalism, I have no right to call myself an anarchist. The same goes for “property rights” – that if I favour this, I fail once again in designating myself as an anarchist.
The Freedomain Radio interview with Stephanie Murphy, Director of Promotions for the Free State Project’s 2011 Porcupine Freedom Festival! It’s happening this June 20th to the 26th at Rogers Campground in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Join me and 1,000 other lovers of freedom for a week of fun and excitement. Not only will I be speaking but the week will be full of games, hikes, bonfires, activities for kids, real live agorism and much more. Visit http://www.porcfest.com to get your ticket, it’s very affordable, and you can use coupon code STEFAN for another 20% off. See you at PorcFest!
One of the few recorded interviews in which Noam Chomsky speaks about his Anarchist convictions.
Another political ideology video!