Communities of Resistance (1/6)

interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson AKA Hakim Bey in his home in May 2009

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HyRtdu1o0

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt1AnUcwhY

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nxa3n1w9s

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdkacynWk6M

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuD5ak_kjX4

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwKZ9rPXzc

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Technology, the triumph of capital, what I call the technopathocracy, the rule of sick machinery, what looked like the absolute triumph of neo-conservative / neo-liberal global capitalism that suddenly, it was no longer possible to even criticize capitalism, suddenly this was just like water or air, now it's to be a given in our society. And the internet, and other forms of modern communication technology, although most people seem to think that this increases community, in my view, it destroys it. Because community, to me, is based on physical reality, not on communication devices. And when I hear things about the internet community, it just makes me want to puke! It's like talking about the law enforcement community, which is another favourite phrase of American journalism, as if these are all kindly neighbours lending cups of sugar to each other. This is a fucking armed occupation force! That we pay out of our own pockets -- help the police, beat yourself up! And of course, America is at the forefront of this. We started the whole television-automobile-suburban culture, which its alienation, and the fact that you don't know who you're living next to. This is not society! This is the breakdown of society. This is atomization...

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[hopeforamerika]

Wasn't  the third place going to shop at the mall every weekend until the economy went bust?

I like Hakim.

[aewester]

he's far from an economist

...and thank god for that

markets, unless democratic and participatory (anarchic), are innately inhumane and destructive

[urbnfarmer]

@badmofker Track down the permaculturists and Transition Towners in your vicinity and you'll find the allies you seek. Start looking in the Planetary Permaculture Directory at the Permaculture Activist website. (I can't post the URL here for some reason)

[badmofker]

Just hit this today.. This guy should be on my best friend list.. why the hell cant i find ANYONE who speaks remotely like this where I am.. When I say I don't watch TV to people I am glared at like a freak.

[Metalmanmania357]

The breakdown of society and its monetary system is upon us. I predict in 300 years, people will be living in the technologies prominent in the 16 and 17 hundreds. Marshal law, lack of fresh water, are imminent. Get ready people, chaos is coming, if not for us, for our children's children's children.

[theorenj]

so ironic that we're watching this online though no?

[K2nsl3r]

that Hollywood Squares anecdote is sad... but recognizable everywhere.

[arzoyan]

The monetary serfdom of immense humanity shackled in wage slavery is enforced BY STATE FOR THE PRIVATE GAIN OF THE RULING CLASS. To share the EARTH in cooperation for our common needs and well being is the END OF the unholy trinity of STATE/ CLASS/ MONEY. Human creative energies have already made real abundance a reality but the MARKET MECHANISM OF ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY is the impediment to realise that plenty in harmony. Dont be fooled by rulers with their PROPAGANDA for SERVITUDE

[BlueFrog83]

1989 the fall of the berlin wall. Is a great victory for socialism. Now capitalism is the only system, and that can put the light on the problems with the system itself.

[vertizontaal]

On March 13 th 2011 Chomsky is giving a lecture in Amsterdam. It was sold out soon after is was announced. It will be filmed and uploaded to the web. I'm not sure yet to wich website. Check chomsky dot nl if you are interested. Will this be his last visit to The Netherlands considering his age ? Hope not.

[bobbygnosis]

6:14 . . . . fuck . . . . . .

[Silver44Guy]

wait communication on the internet isn't physical? maybe this guy should study programming instead of getting high all the time