Essential strategy question for anti-statists/voluntaryists/anarchists
Channel: Gabriel Koulikov
Date: 2011-10-03

How is obeying the "agents of the state" part of a strategy to ACTUALLY achieve a stateless society?

This point is so often glossed over, assumed without being proven, a hidden/unquestioned presupposition, much like most people's support for the state itself.  Please offer your rational arguments for this if you can, or your perspective/arguments for why this is indeed illegitimate or incompatible with actually living your life to ACHIEVE freedom-- and I'd otherwise like to hear everyone's opinions about this across the board, including collectivist anarchists and pro-statists.

For those who have never heard of anti-statism or individualist (free market) anarchism or voluntaryism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGMQZEIXBMs (the blind spot disconnect in most people's opposition to violence against the innocent)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykTL-2Ujem8 (the hidden death threat exposed)

In case tagging helps: I tag Stargazer5781 and lifeishowitis as the YouTube anti-statists I'm hopeful will given the most honest and complete answers.

More to come... and for those who may have wondered where I've been over the last 2 years on YouTube, I've been trying to figure out how to achieve a worldwide stateless society within 5-30 years while doing everything I've ever wanted, and simultaneously best facilitating others doing so, because I'd rather live than die, I'm not afraid of the violent, and I'd rather do the best than merely do good.

And many other reasons that would take many more videos to get into!  See you again soon-- until then, discuss!

***A brief note on cognitive dissonance: there are only two ways to relieve this form of intellectual tension: one is to change your beliefs to fit your actions, and the other is to change your actions to fit your beliefs.  And if you did indeed change your beliefs to fit sound reasoning and empiricism, then the only rational way to resolve the dissonance is with consonant actions-- I can name at least 4 pro-state to anti-state to minarchist YouTubers... can you name any "let's use capitalism to overcome the state!" people?  Those are the people I'd MOST be interested in being put in touch with-- with your help, we CAN achieve a worldwide stateless society in our lifetimes-- for what it's worth, you all HAVE rationally convinced me.

(Don't believe YouTube 'licensing' lawlessness; absolutely everything I produce is anti-copyright)