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I am going to do something I have never done before, quote Joseph Stalin,

The point is that Marxism and anarchism are built up on entirely different principles, in spite of the fact that both come into the arena of the struggle under the flag of socialism.

The cornerstone of anarchism is the individual, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the masses, the collective body.

According to the tenets of anarchism, the emancipation of the masses is impossible until the individual is emancipated. Accordingly, its slogan is: “Everything for the individual.” The cornerstone of Marxism, however, is the masses, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the individual.

That is to say, according to the tenets of Marxism, the emancipation of the individual is impossible until the masses are emancipated. Accordingly, its slogan is: “Everything for the masses.”

About the only thing I disagree with here is that anarchism is “under the flag of socialism” in a true anarchy words like capitalism, socialism and communism are adjectives, not systems of control.  We can’t expect that one of the greatest tyrants of history would understand such things though.

It does come down to this, and I would like to replace the word marxism in this quote with statism and state it myself with far less words as follows…

According to statism, the emancipation of the individual is impossible until the masses are emancipated.  While according to anarchism, the emancipation of the masses is impossible until the individual is emancipated.

This I believe is your choice, a belief that people as a whole may be declared free or people as individuals must declare themselves free.

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My actual quote from episode 137 on the rifle and the ballot box (link)

This is the same message I gave as a libertarian in #137 (other than false hope)

The lesson of the Trump/Sanders stories

The 5 Stages of Grief

Denial

Anger

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

Why individual succession is our only answer

Most people don’t want freedom

No one can free you, it is all up to you

It is the only thing you actually control

How to create individual freedom

Start with metal freedom

Decide for yourself what you want to know

Don’t deceive yourself into thinking you control that which you don’t

Define your version of success and shoot for that

Become economically literate

Put yourself and your family first

Drop any adherence to blind patriotism

Know the difference between responsibilities and excuses

Final thoughts

An unfair system is not an excuse for inaction

You can’t change society but you can change yourself

You are a human being, your life matters, don’t waste it

Be the wolf!

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