One of my favorite anarchists is this guy who assassinated his factory boss. He then went to to write essays in jail about why assassination is not particularly productive.
Considering the kinds of demonic creatures they were slaying, it's like an action movie romance. On a side note, I do love to see the irony of people who see "murder" as immoral, yet are also fine with killing of other kinds of people in different situations. Whatever is considered "murder" is just killing in which the ruling authority does not permit. Like apparently the ruling authority of the past was perfectly fine with a capitalist slaughtering a whole factory of workers, but not fine with the slaughtering of that such capitalist. Morals are ridiculous anywhere outside of a vacuum, as they contradict other morals. Just admit that you're a selfish creature that wants to see things through your way. Your morals are meaningless unless you have the power to enforce them
@@TJ-wt9op yeah. The quote is a general statement. Doesn’t take into account crimes commonly associated with negative mental illnesses. Where many commit crime for the sake of committing a crime
I mean, there is no one Universal way to achieve anarchy, or one Universal definition of what the ideal anarchist society would look like, so arguably I would say it's more of a sandbox mode, both a Way to test ideas, and a method itself on how to organize things to test said ideas. As it is so fluid, there are many ways to take things, and you can discover things that you never really would have gotten into if you didn't have the freedom to decide what it means to you. because anarchy is a sandbox mode, the difficulty slider is highly variable, and really relies more on your creativity than anything else. Kind of like art. There are many things that I wouldn't have learned or considered if not for anarchy, such as veganism.
She never said that. What Goldman actually said, in her own answer in Berkman's stead to an early 1936 questionnaire from the "Mas Lejos" anarchist group in Barcelona, is: "First, the question as to whether the abstention from participation in elections is for Anarchists a matter of principle: I certainly think it is, and should be for all Anarchists. After all, participation in elections means the transfer of one's will and decisions to another, which is contrary to the fundamental principles of Anarchism." Much of this later appeared as an article "Anarchists and Elections," Vanguard, June-July 1936.
This is why you need to be extremely careful, and perform deeper research beyond a bunch of saucy quotes you saw from Google images. About 80% of the supposed "Goldman quotes" or for that matter, '"significant historical figures' quotes" online are flat-out made up; she never said anything even remotely like them. And about half of the ones that aren't out and out fake are misquotes.
lol anarchism has nothing to do with violence! while there are some branches of anarchism that do advocate violence or at least accept it as a potential means to the ends, the only thing all branches have in common is overcoming hierarchies. and that's what anarchy actually means: a condition of total equality in terms of power - as nobody has power over anybody.
@Propotkunin I think Sisyphus knows this (watch his Ted Kaczynski video), but he's talking about Emma Goldman's early views. Or not, which makes me a bit confused. Out of all anarchists I know irl none of them want violence. Not sure how online communities are, I try to avoid them.
No offense, but I'm not sure how you managed to research Emma Goldman without mentioning The Haymarket Massacre, the #1 biggest motivation for her political views. She talks about it in her autobiography constantly, decades after it happened. She's even buried at the same graveyard as the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument.
Personalized and philosophical anarchy is my favorite kind of anarchy. Buy the true anarchy like it's the natural order but unless truly needed shouldn't be forced
Honestly I just feel the world we're living in is 1930's Spain and I'm not sure which side I should be on. Btw the factions during the Spanish Civil War are literally political Twitter at this point Edit: obv authoritarianism is out, but put an anarchist and a tankie together and you get the point
none of the personal lives/escapades of the characters in this historical story are inspiring at all (in fact, they're very very flawed), but goldman's philosophies deserve to be studied (objectively) - but violence should always be rejected, since it violates the #1 value of anarchism: individual human rights/freedoms/civil liberties of your person - including your enemies (re: Gandhi's anarcho-pacifist non-violent resistance defeated the largest empire the world has ever seen)
8:27 there's alot in this definition that is very vague. 1. What is "real social wealth" and who gets to decide that? 2. Nothing is free, so who's paying for it? 3. Access to the Earth? With 8 billion people, everyone has to compete with eachother for this access. Why do you think trips to tropical island are expensive? Because EVERYONE wants to go there. How do you prevent 100 million people showing up in Hawaii? 4. "Enjoyment of the necessities in life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations" 🙄🤦 Vague, and doctrinally contradictory I'm not sure if this is even a serious movement
@@tt004 I appreciate the honesty. I think attempting to implement a system reliant on "goodness of people" is ridiculously ambitious. The system literally breaks down the moment people stop having good intentions. Without authority, how would solve civil disputes? Do you just kill the people who dont work with the system?
If you aren't angry and disillusioned, you either aren't paying attention to anything that happens outside of your own life or you lack even the smallest shred of empathy.
@A That's a very underdeveloped and childish take, lmao. When I was a child I was angry and disillusioned. Growing up and being humbled by every shite experience that came my way and the way of those I care for, all did a lot to wear at the energy it takes to be angry. And infact grew my empathy. So if you think being angry and disillusioned means you're empathic to others plights, I'd suggest getting off the internet and learning to live.
“After her and Birkman, now dating, decided to open up an ice cream shop, they then decided to try their hand in assassinating people.” Wow, that quote went from 1 to 100 really quick, dinnit?
But anarchism is essentially “all hierarchies that cannot be justified are unjust”. You can still have a favourites list because admiration can be justified
This always leads to an argument over the meaning of hierarchy so lemme save everyone some time. Anarchists define "hierarchy" as a social structure where some people are allowed to use violent force against others, or withhold necessities like food. So it's not hierarchy when individuals are violent, it's when the society encourages and supports the violence. Anarchists differentiate Hierarchy with "Authority", which is listening to experts. You can take to your doctor's medical advice without him holding a gun to your head. As Bakunin said "On the matter of boots, I defer to the boot-maker". So Emma Goldman has authority and we can lick her boots
@@LowestofheDead Are you sure? It would seem by that standard, Anarcho-capitalists are also anarchist. Despite the protests that they aren't. I suppose it is true that the black flag comes in many colors.
@@Grigori7 No they wouldn't, capitalists have the ability to fire workers which is an action that robs that worker of the ability to afford necessities. They are also able to use the ability to fire workers as a way to threaten them into doing things like working for more hours or "voluntarily" forgoing breaks. Both of these things would be incompatible with that definition of anarchism.
Even if you disagree with anarchists, you should at least come to the acknowledgment that someone who's been repeatedly abused by authority figures may want to see those figures removed from their authority
@@babygorilla4233 Even during the Famously Anarchist Russian revolution, the Anarchists were kicking ass. The Free Combat Druzhina, led by Maria Nikiforova (look her up she was badass), had an ARMOURED FUCKING TRAIN with flags that read "Anarchy is the Mother of Order", "Power Breeds Parasites" , etc. They were better equipped than some of the Soviets
@@tezismith8795Many historians have also argued that one of the main reasons that the White Army were never able to muster forces to march on Moscow was their abject defeat in Ukraine at the hands of the Makhnovshchina. The tsarist forces and their Western imperial allies were thoroughly routed by a bunch of self-educated peasants with gun-carts. Had Lenin and Trotsky not turned on them after their victory… well, I think the world would probably be a much better place, but Bolsheviks gonna Bolshevik.
@@ConvincingPeople "Many historians have also argued that one of the main reasons that the White Army were never able to muster forces to march on Moscow was their abject defeat in Ukraine at the hands of the Makhnovshchina." "Had Lenin and Trotsky not turned on them after their victory... the world would probably be a much better place" I may have come across one or two papers regarding this, but I've been preoccupied with other things which make me forget the locations of the text. So ya got any links to what you're saying, assuming you haven't ended up like me in just 2 months?
Henry Frick was primarily responsible for the Johnstown Flood (2,208 dead) and for violently suppressing the Homestead Strike (3 dead, 12-36 injured). I cannot say the world would have been worse off if Berkman succeeded in sending Frick to the grave earlier than he died in real life.
my fave thing about her is her friendship with Kropotkin and Helen Keller I think. Or maybe her advocacy for contraception, that was a baller move for sure. Her, Malatesta, and Kropotkin introduced me to anarchism, and then from there I found David Graeber, Bookchin, and Gelderloos who are from this era and who've expounded on the anarchist tradition. David Graeber's books "Debtl: the first 5000 years" and "Bullshit Jobs" I think are must reads, he approaches the topics through anthropology mainly, so they're not anarchist per-say but his anarchism informs all of it no doubt. Ah and Bookchin later on stepped away from social anarchism and developed Communalism through his theory of social ecology... Which is the foundation for the social revolution that's been going on in Rojava for some years now. which is super neat. its also one of the more coherent projects in terms of dealing with the climate catastrophe.
I would HIGHLY suggest reading Goldman's autobiography, Living My Life. I haven't finished it, but it gives you so many details that this video did not. Even if you aren't an anarchist, it can make you sympathize with her, and really begin to understand her. This video was but a brief summary, and it overlooked some details that would have portrayed her in a better light.
The description of anarchism in this video, especially at the beginning, is bizarre and obviously false. You literally claim that anarchists are happy to see society break down and descend into civil war. That is deranged. No one who's spent any time at all researching even the most basic facts about anarchism today would believe this to be the case. Similarly, while most anarchists are not pacifists, anarchism is rarely characterized by a devotion to violence. Most anarchists today explicitly condemn assassinations as politically counter-productive. How could you be so oblivious to such elementary facts? Similarly back in the days when the anarchist movement was at its height, the focus on violence as a primary political activity was highly controversial and was usually condemned by mainstream anarchists. Most anarchists could see perfectly well that the rise of bomb-throwers mostly just resulted in increased repression. If this is quality of research that you think acceptable, I'm dreading what you will say if you decide to make a video about Islam.
Found a quote that I'll let speak for me: "A definition of nihilism could be the realization that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent of any constructive program or possibility. This exposes one of the greatest idealistic flaws of modern activism: The articulation of the specific world-to-be as a result of your actions does not guarantee that world’s creation." (Aragorn: Nihilism, Anarchy and the 21st Century). So While I understand your frustration with the video and it's lack of any real delve into what Anarchists actually believe I think you need to understand that the condemnation of violence from within the Anarchist movement tends to come from the necessity to not say something that could get you arrested, or the privilege of being able to ignore the systemic violence of our modern Imperialist reality. We don't live in a world where constructive action will help the downtrodden. At least, not if your country is among the few that benefit from modern imperialism. A better world already exists we just built a violent, repressive, imperialist society on top of it. Lastly If you would like to know more about anarchist views on violence then you'll need to dig beyond what successful youtubers tell you. Because success on youtube means knowing what not to say.
Probably Kropotkin and Stirner and less probably Nietzsche cus she viewed his ideas as anarchist (as many anarchists people and movements did at the time) even tho he was critical of the movement
@@thetravelingmerchant1 One way to define Anarchism is the organizational approach characterised by: 1. Decentralisation (dissolution of material and informational monopolies/oligopolies) 2. Direct Democracy (direct and efficient feedback loops) 3. Cooperative Commons (dissolution of material and information siloing; in order to prevent 'tragedy of the commons' phenomena; e.g. bureaucratic compartmentalized state departments, competitive enterprises with uncoordinated supply chains) Means and ends of Anarchism, is to say that an egalitarian society cannot ultimately be achieved by imposing it top-down, via government reforms or even like say taking over the government (like the Soviets did). The logic of the hierarchical government will be first and foremost towards its own survival, the status quo, the preservation of its power and therefore its hierarchy.
@@sworthyboy like - yes, pacifists are non-violent (obvs), but I would encourage you to read some labour history if you think syndicalists were as well. Also, the means/ends debate in anarchism is about the use of the state, not the use of violence; what was your comment in reference to?
To preface your discussion of Goldman with the prevailing mischaracterisation of political anarchism (as a bunch of violent delinquents opportunistically 'doing the anarchist thing' when they felt like it), is... Really poor form considering how misunderstood anarchism is today. Yes, you mentioned it's a fairly broad, heterogeneous group. Yes you've given a nice introduction to Goldman. However you might be contextualising anarchism to some for the first time, and you've validated a contemporary right-wing slander-view they may have inherited. Poor form. Better to centre any introduction on what/why anarchists believe this or that, rather than the most extreme cases/ excesses of how they figured they might actualize their ideals.
You should try and cover "Your Favorite Anarchist's Anarchist Who Has Other Favorite Anarchists" next (i.e., Stirner, Bakunin, Voltairine, Proudhon, Thoreau, & Kropotkin).
why not try their hand at serving poisoned ice cream, then? (would've been a lot simpler, than "goldman whoring herself out for 10$ to raise money while berkman tried but failed to beat the guy to death & got sent to jail for 22 years" lol #fail #idiots
Anarchists are still very active in organizing take an example the riots in Greece in 2022 over Exarchia. Or likewise in my time in the US anarchists were the main vector in the Anti-Fascist movement. There are certainly many squats which exists and other social organs that anarchists use other then violence.
When visiting Prague, I got the chance to write a quote on the famouse Lenon Wall... so, being the nerdy anarchist I was, I wrote "If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution" - Emma Goldman
this works on multiple levels. one because they would not support him, but second because the story of darth plageis was basically only known by 3 people or so, given the huge imporance put on secrecy in the sith order. so most Jedi wouldnt lnow his name much less his story just like how most social anarchists wouldn't know who the fuck he was eaither
Wow never knew about him, seems to be an interesting guy, especially his book "Toward the Creative Nothing"! Gotta find and read that one. Reminds me a lot of Wolfi Landstreicher!
My boy! :D Illegalist, egoist, nihilist, militant antifascist, and the best dressed man in Italy. As an aside: I've noticed that while most contemporary anarchists fall under the umbrella of social anarchism in the broad sense, the kind of people who call *themselves* "social anarchists" tend to have some of the worst takes humanly imaginable while still being nominally anarchist. Only their natural enemies, the most annoying "anti-left" people, can hope to compete in this regard. Put the worst Bookchin stan and the worst Ziq enjoyer in the rhetorical equivalent of a Taipei deathmatch and I swear they will concoct the most toxic discourse ever seen on this planet which will hopefully mercifully kill us all before we have to actually listen to it.
This is so obviously and deeply biased--seeking to portray anarchism as inherently violent and chaotic and using the language of "means and ends" a central concept in anarchism to suggest that anarchists simply supported "violence as a means to an end". Means-end unity is the concept that in order to achieve an anti-hierarchical society, the means that we use must also be anti-hierarchical, such as rank and file solidarity unions rather than bureaucratic unions, and mass organizations rather than vanguard parties.
Chaos isn't inherently "bad." It just got a bad rap because what is generally accepted as "order" or legal order assumes the form of "polar opposite" to chaos, while it is the States and other hierarchical institutions that are far more effective at fomenting and enacting mass violence/senseless cruelty than those "dangerous" atomized individuals who organize chaotically. The "order" of wars, elections, new government policies, economic crises caused by the tendency of the Rate of Profit (RoP) to fall, etc.
We're sympathetic to anarchists round these part's. Anarchist violence was constantly exaggerated in the media of the time. Even if it's a lie I'd stand by it.
"but for Anarchists it tends to mean things are finally going their way" WHAT?! NO! What about Anarchist thought makes you believe that a civil war between Stalinists and Nazis is preferrable? 1)Horrifying 2)One of them will win This is absolutely not an agreeable situation for an Anarchist. You seem to misunderstand Anarchy
Cool, you mischaracterized anarchists as bomb-throwing agents of chaos in the first couple of lines. It's weird because some research went into this; apparently, that had no effect.
Literally right after I start reading Kuwasi Balagoon, a New Afrikan and Black Anarchist who fuckin robbed banks and broke out of prison with a variety of other communists and socialists during the 80s, and I get to the part in his book where he says Emma Goldman is his favorite anarchist this video pops up. So good job Sisyphus. You did indeed cover my favorite anarchist’s favorite anarchist.
Haha but you see? My favorite anarchist WAS ALREADY Emma Goldman all along! Well it's a tie between her and Kropotkin tbf lol but yeah, "anarchism nessesitates action!" And all that ✊ lol
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." Emma Goldman I knew an anarchist way back when who owned a pool cue that he named Emma Goldman, because she was always busting balls. I think anarchism works best on small scales, because the larger an association the more communication and coordination becomes an issue. The guy with the pool cue would say that Anarchy doesn't mean no rules, just no rulers. My question then is; Who makes the rules? Is the the syndicate part? They should talk about that part more. How does this scale..? If people can make free associations, are there size limits? Is a nationality a free association? Even if you are born there and can't leave easily? I'm asking the audience. ;-) . Personally, I'm a bit higher on the authority scale, but only because I think external international standards are a good thing. I call that small A authority, the kind that derives from the scientific method with rigorous review and testing.
So, like a network of delivery trucks, are there then "dispatchers" who coordinate the smaller groups, @@kiynchin..? If so, how is that not like a government..? I'm skeptical we can achieve an complete lack of hierarchy as all social animals that I know of have one. Isn't it really the abuse of authority that is the problem..?
I was interested to see who you were talking about, heard United States and immediately went “Goldman?” And when you said “Emma Goldman” it was a resounding “FUCK YEAH”
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at this point i'm almost afraid to watch new videos from anarchists b/c so many i've loved got bought up by NATO
Can you do a video on Charles Bukowski?
One of my favorite anarchists is this guy who assassinated his factory boss. He then went to to write essays in jail about why assassination is not particularly productive.
lol
What's his name?
Name?
I think hes referring to Alex Berkman
Alex Berkman & Emma Goldman were lovers. They plotted the assassination together.
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Considering the kinds of demonic creatures they were slaying, it's like an action movie romance. On a side note, I do love to see the irony of people who see "murder" as immoral, yet are also fine with killing of other kinds of people in different situations. Whatever is considered "murder" is just killing in which the ruling authority does not permit. Like apparently the ruling authority of the past was perfectly fine with a capitalist slaughtering a whole factory of workers, but not fine with the slaughtering of that such capitalist.
Morals are ridiculous anywhere outside of a vacuum, as they contradict other morals. Just admit that you're a selfish creature that wants to see things through your way. Your morals are meaningless unless you have the power to enforce them
for real. like dude went to prison for 22 years and act like nothing happened
“crime is naught but misdirected energy” is one of the defining quotes of my worldview. what a wonderful figure in the movement ❤️❤️
Hmm... Wonder if she was thinking about white collar crime when she said that
@@DoggARithm this was in 1910 so i don’t think so lol
literally same. beyond ecstatic to see this quote here 🖤🖤🖤
This seems to imply the absence of malevolent individuals
@@TJ-wt9op yeah. The quote is a general statement. Doesn’t take into account crimes commonly associated with negative mental illnesses. Where many commit crime for the sake of committing a crime
Wish to know more about anarchism from you. I really like your visual style.
If you like these kinds of videos, I recommend Zoe Baker, who also makes animations about famous anarchists.
@@mynamejeff3545 DR. Zoe Baker please
just want to second the recommendation, Zoe Baker is simply brilliant
Anarchism sounds like playing life on the difficulty you unlock after hard mode
Sitting on your ass all day and posting edgy memes on reddit, seems hard af
I mean, there is no one Universal way to achieve anarchy, or one Universal definition of what the ideal anarchist society would look like, so arguably I would say it's more of a sandbox mode, both a Way to test ideas, and a method itself on how to organize things to test said ideas.
As it is so fluid, there are many ways to take things, and you can discover things that you never really would have gotten into if you didn't have the freedom to decide what it means to you.
because anarchy is a sandbox mode, the difficulty slider is highly variable, and really relies more on your creativity than anything else. Kind of like art.
There are many things that I wouldn't have learned or considered if not for anarchy, such as veganism.
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I thought it will be about Malatesta, Makhno or maybe Ito Noe but im satisfied nonetheless
If voting changed anything, it would be illegal - Emma Goldman
She never said that.
What Goldman actually said, in her own answer in Berkman's stead to an early 1936 questionnaire from the "Mas Lejos" anarchist group in Barcelona, is:
"First, the question as to whether the abstention from participation in elections is for Anarchists a matter of principle: I certainly think it is, and should be for all Anarchists. After all, participation in elections means the
transfer of one's will and decisions to another, which is contrary to the fundamental principles of Anarchism."
Much of this later appeared as an article "Anarchists and Elections," Vanguard, June-July 1936.
This is why you need to be extremely careful, and perform deeper research beyond a bunch of saucy quotes you saw from Google images.
About 80% of the supposed "Goldman quotes" or for that matter, '"significant historical figures' quotes" online are flat-out made up; she never said anything even remotely like them. And about half of the ones that aren't out and out fake are misquotes.
I think you should clarify she isnt against democracy but against representative democracy.
5:11 - I wonder how Emma's younger self would have felt about that.
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lol anarchism has nothing to do with violence! while there are some branches of anarchism that do advocate violence or at least accept it as a potential means to the ends, the only thing all branches have in common is overcoming hierarchies. and that's what anarchy actually means: a condition of total equality in terms of power - as nobody has power over anybody.
I think it's about the change of Emma Goldman's views from violence to controlled violence and all the things you said, like overcoming hierarchies.
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I think Sisyphus knows this (watch his Ted Kaczynski video), but he's talking about Emma Goldman's early views. Or not, which makes me a bit confused. Out of all anarchists I know irl none of them want violence. Not sure how online communities are, I try to avoid them.
@@hanneslundin346 no matter why he said it - he makes people believe, anarchism was about violence.
every political theory is about violence.
@@propotkunin445 you ask 10 anarchists what anarchism is about and you get 10 answers.
excellent video! really inspiring lady, thanks so much for sharing.
Emma Goldman did not plan assassinations.
No offense, but I'm not sure how you managed to research Emma Goldman without mentioning The Haymarket Massacre, the #1 biggest motivation for her political views. She talks about it in her autobiography constantly, decades after it happened. She's even buried at the same graveyard as the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument.
yeah im pretty sure he just opened up prolewiki and skimmed through a bunch of articles
The Berkley sources in the description are broken
I prefer Lucy Parsons. Goldman is an estranged ally for me.
I just searched your channel for Lucy Parsons.
Nothing!
Shame on you!
Personalized and philosophical anarchy is my favorite kind of anarchy. Buy the true anarchy like it's the natural order but unless truly needed shouldn't be forced
So... no one is gonna talk about the whole "having an affair with a 14 year old"?
were did you find this I can't find anything about it online
@@lt4109 I think he meant Becky Edelsohn
1:00 - thats not even the half of it.
You should check out the works of William godwin
what the hell is going on with the music in this video lolololol
"The stroke left her speechless"
me too
I bet sisyphus 55 is easy to cross up in basketball... prob overthinks every move
Just realized I had Emma Goldman and Rosa Luxemburg overlapping in my brain! Yikes! 😬 Gotta sort that out! Thank you! 😅❤️
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Honestly I just feel the world we're living in is 1930's Spain and I'm not sure which side I should be on. Btw the factions during the Spanish Civil War are literally political Twitter at this point
Edit: obv authoritarianism is out, but put an anarchist and a tankie together and you get the point
i mean. It's worrying if its a difficult choice, one option is fascism.
The side of democracy and anarchism or the side of Hitler-backed facism? It's not that hard of a choice bro
Both options were fascism.
be on the side of the poor and abused, or at least eat the rich
@@tobsi2256 Not even remotely true
Will there be a video on Andrew Tate?
i mean sisyphus mentions him a ton in "journey into the manosphere"
Is the anarchist is in your comments
none of the personal lives/escapades of the characters in this historical story are inspiring at all (in fact, they're very very flawed), but goldman's philosophies deserve to be studied (objectively) - but violence should always be rejected, since it violates the #1 value of anarchism: individual human rights/freedoms/civil liberties of your person - including your enemies (re: Gandhi's anarcho-pacifist non-violent resistance defeated the largest empire the world has ever seen)
Watch out all the left anarchists will start seething at the idea of respecting people's rights
Her life sounds like a long list of failure and tragedies similar to ......
pro state
8:27 there's alot in this definition that is very vague.
1. What is "real social wealth" and who gets to decide that?
2. Nothing is free, so who's paying for it?
3. Access to the Earth? With 8 billion people, everyone has to compete with eachother for this access. Why do you think trips to tropical island are expensive? Because EVERYONE wants to go there. How do you prevent 100 million people showing up in Hawaii?
4. "Enjoyment of the necessities in life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations" 🙄🤦 Vague, and doctrinally contradictory
I'm not sure if this is even a serious movement
The idea of anarcho-communism is that you put in how much you want and take however much you would like. It's all up to your choice.
@@tt004 delusional response
@@tt004 if that were the case, people would put in the minimum and take the maximum 😐 and how would you force people to put in work?
@@TJ-wt9op It all depends on the goodness of the people.
@@tt004 I appreciate the honesty. I think attempting to implement a system reliant on "goodness of people" is ridiculously ambitious. The system literally breaks down the moment people stop having good intentions. Without authority, how would solve civil disputes? Do you just kill the people who dont work with the system?
Anarchists always paint the picture of disillusioned and angry peoples' with no love for life. This didn't change that picture, sadly.
If you aren't angry and disillusioned, you either aren't paying attention to anything that happens outside of your own life or you lack even the smallest shred of empathy.
@A That's a very underdeveloped and childish take, lmao.
When I was a child I was angry and disillusioned. Growing up and being humbled by every shite experience that came my way and the way of those I care for, all did a lot to wear at the energy it takes to be angry. And infact grew my empathy.
So if you think being angry and disillusioned means you're empathic to others plights, I'd suggest getting off the internet and learning to live.
“After her and Birkman, now dating, decided to open up an ice cream shop, they then decided to try their hand in assassinating people.”
Wow, that quote went from 1 to 100 really quick, dinnit?
Oh hey I've seen you in TheVolgun comment sections
I'm going to guess this video is about Goldman
YOOOO DOCTOR BRIGHT IS AN ANARCHIST???
*Berkman
The ice cream shop building still exists in Worcester.
Sacred ground.
calling an attempted assassination "shenanigans" tickles me in a way I can't place
The concept of a favorite anarchist necessitates a hierarchy
lmao
But anarchism is essentially “all hierarchies that cannot be justified are unjust”. You can still have a favourites list because admiration can be justified
This always leads to an argument over the meaning of hierarchy so lemme save everyone some time.
Anarchists define "hierarchy" as a social structure where some people are allowed to use violent force against others, or withhold necessities like food.
So it's not hierarchy when individuals are violent, it's when the society encourages and supports the violence.
Anarchists differentiate Hierarchy with "Authority", which is listening to experts.
You can take to your doctor's medical advice without him holding a gun to your head. As Bakunin said "On the matter of boots, I defer to the boot-maker".
So Emma Goldman has authority and we can lick her boots
@@LowestofheDead Are you sure? It would seem by that standard, Anarcho-capitalists are also anarchist. Despite the protests that they aren't.
I suppose it is true that the black flag comes in many colors.
@@Grigori7 No they wouldn't, capitalists have the ability to fire workers which is an action that robs that worker of the ability to afford necessities. They are also able to use the ability to fire workers as a way to threaten them into doing things like working for more hours or "voluntarily" forgoing breaks. Both of these things would be incompatible with that definition of anarchism.
Even if you disagree with anarchists, you should at least come to the acknowledgment that someone who's been repeatedly abused by authority figures may want to see those figures removed from their authority
Also the anarchists got results, things taken for granted by generations.
@@babygorilla4233 Even during the Famously Anarchist Russian revolution, the Anarchists were kicking ass. The Free Combat Druzhina, led by Maria Nikiforova (look her up she was badass), had an ARMOURED FUCKING TRAIN with flags that read "Anarchy is the Mother of Order", "Power Breeds Parasites" , etc. They were better equipped than some of the Soviets
@@tezismith8795Many historians have also argued that one of the main reasons that the White Army were never able to muster forces to march on Moscow was their abject defeat in Ukraine at the hands of the Makhnovshchina. The tsarist forces and their Western imperial allies were thoroughly routed by a bunch of self-educated peasants with gun-carts. Had Lenin and Trotsky not turned on them after their victory… well, I think the world would probably be a much better place, but Bolsheviks gonna Bolshevik.
@@ConvincingPeople "Many historians have also argued that one of the main reasons that the White Army were never able to muster forces to march on Moscow was their abject defeat in Ukraine at the hands of the Makhnovshchina."
"Had Lenin and Trotsky not turned on them after their victory... the world would probably be a much better place"
I may have come across one or two papers regarding this, but I've been preoccupied with other things which make me forget the locations of the text.
So ya got any links to what you're saying, assuming you haven't ended up like me in just 2 months?
Henry Frick was primarily responsible for the Johnstown Flood (2,208 dead) and for violently suppressing the Homestead Strike (3 dead, 12-36 injured). I cannot say the world would have been worse off if Berkman succeeded in sending Frick to the grave earlier than he died in real life.
the MF DOOM of anarchists
That's what I was thinking too
@@eliasaguilar8580 the hendrix
thank u for getting the reference
the best emcee with no chain ya ever heard
all caps when you say the woman’s name
EMMA GOLDMAN
“ i don’t care if a man’s theory for tomorrow is correct. i care if his spirit for today is” - emma goldman
my fave thing about her is her friendship with Kropotkin and Helen Keller I think. Or maybe her advocacy for contraception, that was a baller move for sure.
Her, Malatesta, and Kropotkin introduced me to anarchism, and then from there I found David Graeber, Bookchin, and Gelderloos who are from this era and who've expounded on the anarchist tradition.
David Graeber's books "Debtl: the first 5000 years" and "Bullshit Jobs" I think are must reads, he approaches the topics through anthropology mainly, so they're not anarchist per-say but his anarchism informs all of it no doubt.
Ah and Bookchin later on stepped away from social anarchism and developed Communalism through his theory of social ecology... Which is the foundation for the social revolution that's been going on in Rojava for some years now. which is super neat. its also one of the more coherent projects in terms of dealing with the climate catastrophe.
I would HIGHLY suggest reading Goldman's autobiography, Living My Life. I haven't finished it, but it gives you so many details that this video did not. Even if you aren't an anarchist, it can make you sympathize with her, and really begin to understand her.
This video was but a brief summary, and it overlooked some details that would have portrayed her in a better light.
The description of anarchism in this video, especially at the beginning, is bizarre and obviously false. You literally claim that anarchists are happy to see society break down and descend into civil war. That is deranged. No one who's spent any time at all researching even the most basic facts about anarchism today would believe this to be the case. Similarly, while most anarchists are not pacifists, anarchism is rarely characterized by a devotion to violence. Most anarchists today explicitly condemn assassinations as politically counter-productive. How could you be so oblivious to such elementary facts? Similarly back in the days when the anarchist movement was at its height, the focus on violence as a primary political activity was highly controversial and was usually condemned by mainstream anarchists. Most anarchists could see perfectly well that the rise of bomb-throwers mostly just resulted in increased repression.
If this is quality of research that you think acceptable, I'm dreading what you will say if you decide to make a video about Islam.
Found a quote that I'll let speak for me: "A definition of nihilism could be the realization that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent of any constructive program or possibility. This exposes one of the greatest idealistic flaws of modern activism: The articulation of the specific world-to-be as a result of your actions does not guarantee that world’s creation." (Aragorn: Nihilism, Anarchy and the 21st Century). So While I understand your frustration with the video and it's lack of any real delve into what Anarchists actually believe I think you need to understand that the condemnation of violence from within the Anarchist movement tends to come from the necessity to not say something that could get you arrested, or the privilege of being able to ignore the systemic violence of our modern Imperialist reality. We don't live in a world where constructive action will help the downtrodden. At least, not if your country is among the few that benefit from modern imperialism. A better world already exists we just built a violent, repressive, imperialist society on top of it. Lastly If you would like to know more about anarchist views on violence then you'll need to dig beyond what successful youtubers tell you. Because success on youtube means knowing what not to say.
does my favorite anarchist's favorite anarchist also have a favorite anarchist
probably stirner
Alexander Berkman obv
maybe Kropotkin
@@eabea kropotkin for sure
Kropotkin. They were close friends.
Probably Kropotkin and Stirner and less probably Nietzsche cus she viewed his ideas as anarchist (as many anarchists people and movements did at the time) even tho he was critical of the movement
5:13 damn she really changed her opinion on people being beaten with whips huh
the second guy clearly liked it.
When anarchists talk about means and ends, they aren't usually talking about violence as a means to an end
Yeah this dude has no idea what anarchism actually is
It's as if he read up on the definition in a conservative forum
@@decim161 ikr
@@thetravelingmerchant1
One way to define Anarchism is the organizational approach characterised by:
1. Decentralisation
(dissolution of material and informational monopolies/oligopolies)
2. Direct Democracy
(direct and efficient feedback loops)
3. Cooperative Commons
(dissolution of material and information siloing; in order to prevent 'tragedy of the commons' phenomena; e.g. bureaucratic compartmentalized state departments, competitive enterprises with uncoordinated supply chains)
Means and ends of Anarchism, is to say that an egalitarian society cannot ultimately be achieved by imposing it top-down, via government reforms or even like say taking over the government (like the Soviets did). The logic of the hierarchical government will be first and foremost towards its own survival, the status quo, the preservation of its power and therefore its hierarchy.
anarcho pasificts and anarcho syndicalists are nonvoilent
@@sworthyboy like - yes, pacifists are non-violent (obvs), but I would encourage you to read some labour history if you think syndicalists were as well. Also, the means/ends debate in anarchism is about the use of the state, not the use of violence; what was your comment in reference to?
To preface your discussion of Goldman with the prevailing mischaracterisation of political anarchism (as a bunch of violent delinquents opportunistically 'doing the anarchist thing' when they felt like it), is... Really poor form considering how misunderstood anarchism is today. Yes, you mentioned it's a fairly broad, heterogeneous group. Yes you've given a nice introduction to Goldman. However you might be contextualising anarchism to some for the first time, and you've validated a contemporary right-wing slander-view they may have inherited. Poor form. Better to centre any introduction on what/why anarchists believe this or that, rather than the most extreme cases/ excesses of how they figured they might actualize their ideals.
As an anarchist, I'm glad to know about anarchist's favorite anarchist
Me too
Indeed.
Y are u an anarchist
as an anarchist i’m enjoying hearing about you (an anarchist) being glad to know about an anarchists favourite anarchists
Do u believe anarchism could be made real or for that matter even solve our modern world problems?
You should try and cover "Your Favorite Anarchist's Anarchist Who Has Other Favorite Anarchists" next (i.e., Stirner, Bakunin, Voltairine, Proudhon, Thoreau, & Kropotkin).
he made a video on stirner but i don't feel like it was very accurate (called "the most miserable philosopher of all time")
@@Avery-df9vy guess it's about Cioran, not Stirner
I am The Grass Man and Emma Goldman is not just my favorite anarchist, but also my favorite historical figure all togther :)
thank you the grass man, very cool
@jj verona *thank you THE Grass Man
hell yes an anarchist episode let's goooooo
"after opening an ice cream shop they decided to try their hand at assassination" is a magical sentence
why not try their hand at serving poisoned ice cream, then? (would've been a lot simpler, than "goldman whoring herself out for 10$ to raise money while berkman tried but failed to beat the guy to death & got sent to jail for 22 years" lol #fail #idiots
Would love to see you do a video on Errico Malatesta ❤ 🖤
"Ah, the days when Anarchists weren't edgy teens on the internet."
find better anarchists if you think that's in the past, just don't work for NATO
Bruh the anarchists have always been edgy
@@lohollywood1f428Kinda agreed.
@@solgato5186 tf is NATO? National Alligators Trampoline Oscars
@Nope This is just wrong. As with all oversimplifications, of course.
Do Malatesta next!
*Malatesta ❤
My grandpa ❤
@@PankoBreading for real?
To quote from one of the great musicians of the past twenty years - “Well, he’ll quote Emma Goldman but he’ll never get up to dance”
Whi write it?
"Hes at a show quoting feminism to get into your pants oh yea"
Czolgozs is McKinley’s assassin. He spoke to her once and THEN stalked her.
Anarchists are still very active in organizing take an example the riots in Greece in 2022 over Exarchia. Or likewise in my time in the US anarchists were the main vector in the Anti-Fascist movement. There are certainly many squats which exists and other social organs that anarchists use other then violence.
Ya but it's like a shadow
When visiting Prague, I got the chance to write a quote on the famouse Lenon Wall... so, being the nerdy anarchist I was, I wrote "If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution" - Emma Goldman
Ever hear the tale of Renzo Novatore? It’s not a story the social anarchists would tell you
this works on multiple levels. one because they would not support him, but second because the story of darth plageis was basically only known by 3 people or so, given the huge imporance put on secrecy in the sith order. so most Jedi wouldnt lnow his name much less his story
just like how most social anarchists wouldn't know who the fuck he was eaither
@@amb600cd0 you drunk when you posted this?
i like novatore
Wow never knew about him, seems to be an interesting guy, especially his book "Toward the Creative Nothing"! Gotta find and read that one. Reminds me a lot of Wolfi Landstreicher!
My boy! :D Illegalist, egoist, nihilist, militant antifascist, and the best dressed man in Italy.
As an aside: I've noticed that while most contemporary anarchists fall under the umbrella of social anarchism in the broad sense, the kind of people who call *themselves* "social anarchists" tend to have some of the worst takes humanly imaginable while still being nominally anarchist. Only their natural enemies, the most annoying "anti-left" people, can hope to compete in this regard. Put the worst Bookchin stan and the worst Ziq enjoyer in the rhetorical equivalent of a Taipei deathmatch and I swear they will concoct the most toxic discourse ever seen on this planet which will hopefully mercifully kill us all before we have to actually listen to it.
I thank Techno blade for explaining it to me, may he rest in peace 👑🐷
love me sum emma goldman
This is so obviously and deeply biased--seeking to portray anarchism as inherently violent and chaotic and using the language of "means and ends" a central concept in anarchism to suggest that anarchists simply supported "violence as a means to an end". Means-end unity is the concept that in order to achieve an anti-hierarchical society, the means that we use must also be anti-hierarchical, such as rank and file solidarity unions rather than bureaucratic unions, and mass organizations rather than vanguard parties.
Chaos isn't inherently "bad."
It just got a bad rap because what is generally accepted as "order" or legal order assumes the form of "polar opposite" to chaos, while it is the States and other hierarchical institutions that are far more effective at fomenting and enacting mass violence/senseless cruelty than those "dangerous" atomized individuals who organize chaotically. The "order" of wars, elections, new government policies, economic crises caused by the tendency of the Rate of Profit (RoP) to fall, etc.
Please do peter kropotkin next!
Decent video, but I will note that “beat” isn’t the best word to describe what Berkman did to Frick. He shot and stabbed the bastard.
We're sympathetic to anarchists round these part's. Anarchist violence was constantly exaggerated in the media of the time. Even if it's a lie I'd stand by it.
I feel like she choose western capitalism was more suitable for anarchy to work because Russia wasn’t into free speech !!!
Damn this lady was mad based
yoo new sisyphus
Wow thoes are some very direct actions.
‘First a word from my sponsors’
That alone eats at the core of what anarchism is.
No gods. No masters.
Anarchism is about challenging oppressive power structures, and corporate sponsorship can sometimes reinforce those structures. So.... yeah.
you're telling me this is the mf doom of anarchists?
I really enjoy your content, thank you for being here.
Hobbs would be terrified
*Hobbes
calvin would be more scared i think
the layered music until 4:10 drove me insane. great video though
MUSICAL ANARCHY
Anarchists when they come to know matter exists in states: 🤐😠😡😭🤬😡
Anarchists when they found out they live in a state of consciousness
anarchists when they realise there's a part of their body called the prostate
@@longnoseboi I hate the "pro"state, but why does it feel so good?
-Anarchists probably
"but for Anarchists it tends to mean things are finally going their way" WHAT?!
NO!
What about Anarchist thought makes you believe that a civil war between Stalinists and Nazis is preferrable?
1)Horrifying
2)One of them will win
This is absolutely not an agreeable situation for an Anarchist.
You seem to misunderstand Anarchy
Cool, you mischaracterized anarchists as bomb-throwing agents of chaos in the first couple of lines. It's weird because some research went into this; apparently, that had no effect.
Nothing speaks to the authentic nature of a video on anarchism like a paid for advertisement/endorsement of a corporate entity. How neat.
Love the casual MF Doom reference
I am a anarchist 🏴🖤
Your definition of anarchism is far off.
> opens an ice-cream shop
> _casually agrees to assassinating people_
That went 100 real quick.
Red Emma!! I'd call her a queen, but I imagine she'd quite dislike the concept...
Wonderful video!!
There are great portrayals of her in Warren Beatty's film Reds and E.L Doctorow's novel Ragtime.
Literally right after I start reading Kuwasi Balagoon, a New Afrikan and Black Anarchist who fuckin robbed banks and broke out of prison with a variety of other communists and socialists during the 80s, and I get to the part in his book where he says Emma Goldman is his favorite anarchist this video pops up. So good job Sisyphus. You did indeed cover my favorite anarchist’s favorite anarchist.
Lots of incorrect information... Full of BS!
She's interesting, but I'm not sure if she's Tolkien's favourite anarchist.
TOLKIEN WAS AN ANARCHIST?
Sounds like her life was just really horrible all the time tbh
Read her biography, there's way more to it.
Haha but you see? My favorite anarchist WAS ALREADY Emma Goldman all along!
Well it's a tie between her and Kropotkin tbf lol but yeah, "anarchism nessesitates action!" And all that ✊ lol
Great video ! i would love to hear more about prominent historical anticapitalistic figures.
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." Emma Goldman
I knew an anarchist way back when who owned a pool cue that he named Emma Goldman, because she was always busting balls. I think anarchism works best on small scales, because the larger an association the more communication and coordination becomes an issue. The guy with the pool cue would say that Anarchy doesn't mean no rules, just no rulers. My question then is; Who makes the rules? Is the the syndicate part? They should talk about that part more. How does this scale..? If people can make free associations, are there size limits? Is a nationality a free association? Even if you are born there and can't leave easily? I'm asking the audience. ;-)
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Personally, I'm a bit higher on the authority scale, but only because I think external international standards are a good thing. I call that small A authority, the kind that derives from the scientific method with rigorous review and testing.
It's a fractal organization. Small groups act as individual units in the larger collections of groups, and groups of groups and so on.
So, like a network of delivery trucks, are there then "dispatchers" who coordinate the smaller groups, @@kiynchin..? If so, how is that not like a government..? I'm skeptical we can achieve an complete lack of hierarchy as all social animals that I know of have one. Isn't it really the abuse of authority that is the problem..?
Emma Goldman was heavily inspired by Nietzsche. Hence the life affirmation in her philosophy and exhibited in her dancing.
That's projection and wishful thinking....🙄🙄😒😒
@@tommulder9420 She said so herself.
I was interested to see who you were talking about, heard United States and immediately went “Goldman?” And when you said “Emma Goldman” it was a resounding “FUCK YEAH”
bad vid try again
I guess you can say that her father often... Punished her severely.