Comments on: Obama the Messiah http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/11/12/obama-the-messiah/ The Revolution Will Be Doodled! Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:43:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SmashTheState http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/11/12/obama-the-messiah/comment-page-1/#comment-3597 SmashTheState Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:15:46 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=242#comment-3597 I get the feeling from reading the comments here that quite a few of you are Randroids, Ron Paul minarchists, and other sorts of uniquely Amerikan individualists. I am an unreconstructed anarchist to the tips of my toes, but I also happen to be a voluntary socialist. I will cheerfully pull more than my share of the weight so that others, who might not be capable of pulling quite as strongly, can still eat. And quite frankly, if you don't feel the same way, I don't want to live in your community. To quote Errico Malatesta: "Individualism is, in theory, a kind of Anarchy without cooperation. It is therefore no better than a lie, because liberty is not possible without Solidarity, without cooperation. The criticism which Individualists pass on government is merely the wish to deprive it of certain functions, to hand them over virtually to the capitalists. But it cannot attack those repressive functions which form the essence of government, for without an armed force the proprietary system could not be upheld." -- Errico Malatesta I get the feeling from reading the comments here that quite a few of you are Randroids, Ron Paul minarchists, and other sorts of uniquely Amerikan individualists. I am an unreconstructed anarchist to the tips of my toes, but I also happen to be a voluntary socialist. I will cheerfully pull more than my share of the weight so that others, who might not be capable of pulling quite as strongly, can still eat. And quite frankly, if you don’t feel the same way, I don’t want to live in your community.

To quote Errico Malatesta:

“Individualism is, in theory, a kind of Anarchy without cooperation. It is therefore no better than a lie, because liberty is not possible without Solidarity, without cooperation. The criticism which Individualists pass on government is merely the wish to deprive it of certain functions, to hand them over virtually to the capitalists. But it cannot attack those repressive functions which form the essence of government, for without an armed force the proprietary system could not be upheld.” — Errico Malatesta

]]> By: Bob Robertson http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/11/12/obama-the-messiah/comment-page-1/#comment-2714 Bob Robertson Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:48:12 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=242#comment-2714 No, the original Chinese proverb translates as, "Build a man a fire and he's warm for an hour. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life." No, the original Chinese proverb translates as,

“Build a man a fire and he’s warm for an hour.
Set a man on fire, and he’s warm for the rest of his life.”

]]> By: Puke http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/11/12/obama-the-messiah/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 Puke Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:36:07 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=242#comment-2423 That messiah sure is a crafty guy! That messiah sure is a crafty guy!

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