Center for a Stateless Society
@c4ssdotorg
The Center for a Stateless Society is a left market anarchist think tank promoting the ideas of vibrant social cooperation free from violence and oppression.
"When governments acquire new tools, they don’t just use them for their original purpose. Government officials, like all people, are creative. This results in 'mission creep' as powers quickly expand and are put to new uses." - @NathanPGoodman thehill.com/opinion/techno…
This type of resistance to state organized kidnapping is heroic.
“…early reports indicate that more than a dozen masked individuals dressed in black arrived at the Prairieland ICE detention facility…vandalized vehicles & security cameras…launched fireworks in an apparent effort to lure law enforcement.” 🧐 cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news…
"At every turn, the populist left has enabled the rise of fascism." - @DEIAgainstMoms c4ss.org/content/60345
On the latest episode of The Long Library @corymassimino talks to Roderick about his essay "The Justice and Prudence of War." They discuss pacifism, proportionality, violence against innocent shields, and much more. Listen/watch below👇 c4ss.org/content/60572
"Many people are hateful even in person; but many more, despite having hateful beliefs about entire categories of people in the abstract, act like decent human beings when they encounter them in real life." - Kevin Carson c4ss.org/content/60395
"Far from being merely a tactical actor, the Kurdish liberation movement embodies a broader political project that fundamentally disrupts prevailing notions of sovereignty and legitimacy across the region." - CrimethInc. c4ss.org/content/60552
"In Lavoie’s framework, democracy is not something expressed through a state with a monopoly on the use of force... Instead, democracy occurs through open discourse, debate, contestation, and interaction among citizens." - @NathanPGoodman c4ss.org/content/49379
"Markets give people the right of economic exit from the absolutist domain of community, just as the community gives people the right of exit from the cash nexus." - Gabriel Amadej c4ss.org/content/49334
"Trump’s authoritarian populism isn’t a break from American tradition—it’s an acceleration of it, following a playbook written long before he took office." - Chris Menard c4ss.org/content/60516
I get this, but I'm a holier-than-thou bullet-biter on this as well c4ss.org/content/32385
Weak strawman. I'll let Roderick Long argue for me c4ss.org/content/13612
I've done a few podcasts lately so here's a rundown. The Long Library, on 19th-century libertarians' critique of fascism c4ss.org/content/60246 Mutual Exchange Radio, on immigration tyranny c4ss.org/content/60342 Anti-Power Hour, on incipient fascism youtube.com/watch?v=3HpDIw…
I also discussed the paper on @c4ssdotorg's Mutual Exchange Radio podcast. c4ss.org/content/55787
Looks like I will be presenting alongside @jasonleebyas, @RoderickTLong, and Keith Taylor on a panel called "Liberty, Equality, & Anarchy: Exploring Alternative Institutions for Self-Governance & Empowerment" chaired by @NathanPGoodman at this year's Markets & Society Conference!
Roderick is at risk of eviction if he's not able to afford a new storage unit. Any help is much appreciated!!! Venmo: Roderick-Long-8 CashApp: $RoderickLong5 PayPal: longrob at auburn dot edu GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-roderic…
I could use your help with my fundraiser on GoFundMe. Please share, support, or donate—every small action counts. gofundme.com/f/help-roderic…
The era that gets called "neoliberal" wasn't marked by laissez-faire, but by changes in government policies that included some serious expansions of coercive state action. The ideas of economists often called "neoliberal" can be used to critically analyze these policies. 🧵
Hence, what's called the "neoliberal" era also coincided with mass incarcerations, expanded policing, border militarisation, surveillance, enforcement of IP laws via TRIPS, expansion of non-tarriff barriers for wealthy countries, investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, /2