Gay Arab Anarchist to bike across U.S.

[coketimemdear]

i bet he ends up in a town that is tolerant of gays and Arabs, but HATES anarchists..

[materazzi85]

you're just an anrchist.....why you show off your sexual or national orientation?

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@materazzi85 Because both gays & Arabs are oppressed.

[NoLongerFooled]

Ridley looks like Mr. Clean now.

[ykui1]

awesome

[cmcphee]

This is what makes America great! "GAY ARAB ANARCHIST" YES!!!!!!!!

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Please stop using the word "anarchist" to describe pro-capitalist free marketeers. Anarchism has always meant stateless socialism, not "government free" capitalism.

[yammyspeed13]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 So, what the difference between socialism without state power to initiate the use of force and capitalism without government power to initiate the use of force? Would they both mean the free trade between parties of consenting individuals?

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@yammyspeed13 Capitalism, by definition, implies force and coercion (i.e. private property not intended for active personal use such as a factory you own but do not work in only belongs to you and not the workers you've hired working in it because of some kind of coercion). I would suggest reading classical anarchist texts to understand it better.

[yammyspeed13]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 Seems that you would still need State power to accomplish the end result you seek. I personally don't know how anyone could survive without the right to keep or dispose fruits of his labor. And I mean who would want to take over the job of building factories or anything else if this was mandatory? The State??? If so, it don't sound much like anarchy to me. Unless your talking about all unchecked masses that would run wild and free into your life.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@yammyspeed13 I think you need to read some traditional anarchist writings since your understanding is incredibly narrow. Study Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Goldman, and others. Anarchists have ALWAYS been opposed to capitalist systems in any form because capitalism creates illegitimate authority and hierarchy.

[yammyspeed13]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 Not as slim and narrow as the replies you have given me to my questions. Why don't you just try speaking for yourself and quit avoiding the issue here. With that in mind, I ask you once again, how do you have a Stateless system where no one is allowed to keep what they earn? How does this not imply the initiation of group force against an individual? And don't give me all that 'somehow' stuff. If I wanted that, I would just go and read all books you recommended.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@yammyspeed13 You can still keep what you earn with private property.

Unless you mean "earn" as in through wage labor... that would end.

[glyphhunter]

When he gets close to Arizona, have him drop me a line.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@glyphhunter They will ask to see his papers in Arizona, most likely.

[Hostile]

I'm British and I'd love to move to New Hampshire... if only it wasn't in the Fascist State of America.

[NoLongerFooled]

@Hostile I don't think it's THAT bad in New Hampshire.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@NoLongerFooled There are fascists everywhere in NH. Weren't the white supremacists/nationalists going to rally in Nashua (a city with a large Latino population) a few years ago?

[NoLongerFooled]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 I don't know, I have only been paying attention to the NH "Liberty scene" for about 18 months now.

I live in California.

[mackler]

Is he really gay?

[JimboTHC]

Beat your Barber Ridley.

I'd move to Keene if I could stand living on the east coast.

[txballoonman]

@JimboTHC

You really should visit New Hampshire. I was a Texan. I am now proud to live in NH! 

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@JimboTHC Not to mention housing prices in most of NH are almost as high as they are in most of California.

[MooseOfReason]

Ridley, did you get a haircut, and was the barber unlicensed?