Interview with Barry Pateman

[agnostoatomo]

The most common attitude i find amongst those who define themselves as Anarchists or children of Mamma Anarchia is the selfesteem that doesn't allow someone to put him- or herself upon others,either out of struggle,thinking,intuition or by education.

However the case,equality is not negotiable for us Anarchialovers in any case,period.

[outnout1]

"you sense that this is shit, this is wrong, this is bad." 

Sure do.

[Orijn1]

is there ANY way you can upload the rest of this?

it is a great interview

[porkchopexpress07]

Excellent interview.

[hume12345]

This is excellent.

[coffeebeaner]

hahaha "Sheer intuition" of seeing what's "shit" got me to lean toward anarchism. Great interview.

[buddhagem]

Great interview, Jonathan. Loved it! Favorited

[bananagraveyard]

Fair enough. Where's your campaign, sir?

[bananagraveyard]

That's cool, I was being serious, I wasn't trying to invalidate your point. :) Good for you, that's more than I'm doing currently.

[Quag7]

Great interview. I'm glad I subscribed to you; keep 'em coming!

[SwashYourBuckle]

Good video Jon!

[josealonsoleon]

Very profound statement and provocative idea Pateman outlined at the end of this video. I tend to subscribe to his idea that struggle and needs and desires to change things create anarchy rather then the promotion of its concept to comfortable people that are subdued by their posh surroundings and couch potato behaviors.

[joshua1auhsoj]

i like this man...give me more

[kzargentina]

"...I share that (anarchist) vision (dismantling state power). But right now it runs directly counter to my goals: my immediate goals have been and now very much are, to defend and even strengthen certain elements of state authority that are now under attack. And I don't think there's any contradiction there-none at all, really...aspects of the state system, like the one that makes sure children eat, have to be defended...very vigorously." - Noam Chomsky, Understanding Power, p. 344.

[rjbonacolta]

How does the anarchist get around the state of nature espoused by the social contract theorists?

[VariedInterest]

I can't imagine, in such a marginalized culture as America where most people have no grasp of politics in any capacity, that seeing real results of any kind for the better would not be a convincing introduction to the validity of those who gained the ground for them. It seems overly cynical and dishonest to suggest that if an anarchist movement was at the forefront of something like universal health care, that it would do anything but validate that Anarchist movement (as opposed to the state).

[Irtidad]

This guy is fantastic. Very well spoken and conveys his points rather convincingly.