Statism and Friendship

A listener letter...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• statism
• friendship

[PigeonTech]

I wish I had friends. I come home from school and get on the computer until bed time. My life is awesome...

[xsickzackx]

as soon as i heard the arguments for the non aggression principle i knew that all government was a complete hoax. i definitely have a hard time with many of the solutions and will for a long time but i know what ISNT the answer..

[ProIndividual]

I find it near to impossible to be friends or remain close with family that reject anarchism, or at least something on the way to it (like an ally of convenience in small statist libertarianism).

I try, but every opinion I have is radical (in a good way), so every subject drips with unorthodox and counter intuitive (but deductively logical) premises.

I'm tired of conversations boiling down to "you're crazy" or "well then you deserve to be put in jail", etc., when I NEVER advocate aggression.

[robzrob]

@cavemandave You're right. A lot of this stuff never occurred to me at all until I learned about anarchism. I never questioned it, it seemed right that all should contribute to paying for services (taxes) and all should get help (welfare) if they were in trouble.

[TzuSun11]

Wow, this entire talk was very powerful. Stef's ability to translate deep philosophical thoughts into simple story like analogies is amazing. Thanks!

[domnation673]

exellent video, brings up some big questions which is a good thing. peace

[lukaskoube]

@KingKuboush not that you should dump your friends.....but recognize that they are not real friends....if you are jewish, then maybe hitler isnt really your friend.....and we should recognize this because it is silly to continue a friendship with someone who wants to do violence against you.....or to pretend that an abusive relationship is friendship

[lukaskoube]

@cavemandave it isnt necessarily about the time limit, but about the reaction. he says that if the person still disagrees with you out of hand, and mocks you after a year of explanation, then there is good reason to believe that you will get no further.... if they are coming along, or see the validity of some arguments, then you have reason to believe that the person can change....

[cavemandave]

I have to disagree with this.

Most people cannot make this leap in a year. Turning against a lifetime of indoctorination backed by thousands of years of statism is going to be difficult for many. You are putting too much faith in your fellow man...if we were all that capable we would never have gotten into this mess to begin with.

[necrom666]

I need to make a clone of my so i will have a good friend

[necrom666]

The best thing about your videos is there are no cuts.

[qedisk]

@CadicusTheDamned Even if it's true, it's better to be a good bore than evil coolman. But he is cool.