Anark

Daniel Baryon (born: )https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube, better known online as Anark, is a YouTuber who aims to explore the philosophical foundations of leftist ideas, especially those of the anarchist and libertarian-socialist variety.https://www.youtube.com/c/Anark/about
==Personal life==
He is an organiser in Tulsa, Oklahoma,https://www.patreon.com/Anark and has a background in particle physics.https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1379878764482547713 Daniel has stated that he has very minor bisexual tendencies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JD6drIz5BA&t=591s He was raised as a .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JD6drIz5BA&t=3598s Daniel’s favourite anime is .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNqUoYWWaQ&t=6930s
==Philosophy==
Daniel’s epistemology is scientific scepticism, and his thinking is empirical and rationalist in nature.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEXyLb3LfY&t=84s His metaphysics is , and he does not believe in a spirit, gods, or any form of afterlife.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEXyLb3LfY&t=111s He is an antitheist.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JD6drIz5BA&t=1776s He does not believe in free will.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNqUoYWWaQ&t=3993s Daniel’s theory of meaning is derived from , especially the work of .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEXyLb3LfY&t=130s His ethics are mixture of and .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEXyLb3LfY&t=155s His ideology is Especifismo, as stated most recently in his 18k Celebration Livestream. He broadly agrees with the works of , , , and . He also likes .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JD6drIz5BA&t=3597sDaniel believes that power structures inherently “tend towards the maintenance of themselves at the expense of those over which they hold power,” and so they “must be held accountable to their subjects,” but that this requires “true democratic control.” Thus, “all power structures should be flattened in order to maintain their accountability to the masses.” Daniel’s praxis is and .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEXyLb3LfY&t=195s
==Aims==
Daniel has stated that “growth really isn't the main goal [of Anark]. Anark is meant to be a platform to analyze and synthesize a modern anarchism. If it grows slowly, but people are more thoroughly radicalized by it, then it is doing its purpose.”https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1409297095408947201 He wants “to create a system by which consensus can emerge,”https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1403849126622728196 and is “trying to arrive at a critical mass which can carry out revolution and to convert a maximal amount of the population (not a maximum), as to reduce reaction and smooth the transition into self-governance.”https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1403849705067536386
Daniel is a vocal critic of state capitalism and authoritarian left ideologies.https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1408522313570652160 His work is also published on Anarchist Libraryhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution and the Commoner.https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
==References==
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