Understanding Anarchism with Michael Malice

 
 
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“People by their nature prefer to cooperate, not because they are genuinely kind, but because conflict and violence is very very expensive; if you have a knife fight you are getting stabbed, even if you win.”
— Michael Malice

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: New York
Date: Wednesday 9th June
Project: michaelmalice.com
Role: Author

It's a common misconception that anarchy revolves around chaos and war when it is simply about freedom. Anarchists want to see the removal of all government and society to run on an entirely voluntary, cooperative basis.

While it's uncertain what our world would look like without rulers, technology is the greatest driver of transformation in the modern world. Bitcoin has realised an anarchist dream as an incorruptible form of money, controlled by the people outside of government intervention. It is a powerful catalyst for freedom.

Michael Malice is a staunch anarchist and author who believes anarchism is an apparatus for achieving human joy. In this interview, we discuss how the world would operate without state intervention, the human propensity for cooperation, and how Bitcoin is a catalyst for change.

TIMESTAMPS

00:04:25: Introductions
00:06:08: Anarchism - a definition
00:06:53: The "mainstream media"
00:08:49: The BBC
00:12:52: What the state does well
00:15:21: The anarchist society
00:18:17: Anarchic rules
00:20:54: Children's education
00:26:31: Gun laws in the US vs the UK
00:28:56: New York post-pandemic
00:33:51: The pandemic worldwide
00:36:42: The issue of wearing masks
00:40:14: Border controls during COVID
00:44:13: Politicians and wars
00:49:48: Bitcoin in El Salvador
00:52:16: Scaling an anarchist society
00:58:09: People are waking up to the lies
00:59:49: The big, red button theory
01:02:37: Power and status
01:05:09: How to end the state
01:07:49: Bitcoin and censorship
01:10:54: Decentralisation
01:13:01: Bitcoin toxicity
01:17:45: Recommended anarchist literature
01:18:49: Question everything
01:27:03: Anarchists vs libertarians
01:30:11: A variety of anarchist views
01:31:33: Final comments


 

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