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Neither Bullets Nor Ballots: Essays on Voluntaryism
- By: Carl Watner, George H. Smith, Wendy McElroy
- Narrated by: Rodger Paxton
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Voluntaryists are libertarians who have organized to promote non-political strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice as incompatible with libertarian goals. Governments must cloak their actions in an aura of moral legitimacy in order to sustain their power, and political methods invariably strengthen that legitimacy. Voluntarists seek instead to delegitimize the state through education, and we advocate withdrawal of the cooperation and tacit consent on which state power ultimately depends.
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Intriguing
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-18
Intriguing
Reviewed: 10-14-18
This presents several pieces of the puzzle on whether anarchists should use politics or violence to achieve their ends. I found each piece to be compelling to someone favorable to the position of non violence, but maybe not so much to someone who wants to use politcs or violent revolution.
That is, until I reached the last chapter on the European experience. All the material comes together at this point.This shows that all arguments, all speculation about how things would play out, has repeatedly never favored the anarchists. To look at the evidence and think anarchists just haven't done it right yet is no different than a socialist saying socialism has worked yet because the right people haven't been in charge.
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