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=i3HyRt...

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt1An...

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nxa3...

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

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuD5ak...

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwKZ9...

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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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[Alex W]

he's far from an economist

...and thank god for that

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

[hopeforamerika]

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

I like Hakim.

[Devin Papp]

I was thinking the same thing, but he has a point.

[AeolisticFury]

Hakim Bey seems to me like a lifestyle anarchist.

[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.

[D. Scott Whitaker]

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.

[vahe stepanian]

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

[bobbygnosis]

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