Home Artists Posts Import Register

Files

Why States Fail Us

Throughout history, governments around the world have consistently proven themselves enemies to both land and liberty. Before we can achieve liberation, we must understand how and why the State fails both society and nature. Thumbnail Art: Gustave Dore Introduction - 0:00 What is the State? - 3:28 What is the Origin of the State? - 8:43 The Anarchist Critique - 13:49 Why States Fail Society - 19:15 Why States Fail Nature - 27:32 The Anarchist Alternative - 36:06 Outro - 44:26 Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO?si=XCvFfCf5RM--WiCRHTUjgw&dl_branch=1 = Sources & Resources: Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990-1990 by Charles Tilly. (pages 1-2, 96-97) Anarchy by Errico Malatesta - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy Against the Grain by James C Scott Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos Seeing Like A State by James C Scott Yale Article - https://e360.yale.edu/features/phantom-forests-tree-planting-climate-change OpenDemocracy Article - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/protecting-30-of-the-earth-by-2030-would-threaten-indigenous-peoples/ Malm on Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2020/06/andreas-malm-coronavirus-covid-climate-change On Climate Leninism: https://strangematters.coop/libertarian-socialism-economic-planning-anarchist-supply-chains/ More on Climate Leninism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/klokkeblomst-green-desperation-fuels-red-fascism-return-fire Even More on Climate Leninism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-dunlap-ecological-authoritarian-maneuvers The State is Counter Revolutionary - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvwoHdNGq9wVy-iR1oHJKoJY2lh6ypXKZ Shawn Wilbur’s Archy vs Anarchy - https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/featured-articles/archy-vs-anarchy-notes/ The Solutions Are Already Here by Peter Gelderloos

Comments

Alessandro Federici

This is one of the best videos on anarchism ever. I've been showing it to whomever I can for a week! FWIW and as a side note: today is my first time becoming a patron to anybody. The guy who made me finally move and stop procrastinating was the guy on Second Thought. His last video finally did it. Now, you might ask why do you care? It's because the moment I decided to help him, I started thinking about other people who are just as meaningful to me and thought-changing... and I thought of you right away, particularly because of this last video. (the solar punk ones are what got me here to begin with). Anyhow... just wanted to let you know how much your work means to many.

James Curtiss

This video is excellent and pairs very well with Anarch's "The State is Counter-revolutionary". I am in agreement with many things that Socialists believe but I often run into a wall because they tend to gloss over the faults of current and previous socialist projects or compare them to the crimes of "the West" which strikes me as disingenuous.