@enoch, I feel I need to step in and clear out some of the crazy here. Instead of attacking any argument I've made above, notice how "Jigga" is still only attacking me personally. Then he even attacked Alan Moore instead of his political argument.

Jigga's excuse is because I compared myself to Thoreau over this comment. Go read it, please: http://videosift.com/talk/Gov-t-stopped-funding-charity-private-donations-surge-500#comment-1185054

Am I really "comparing" myself to Thoreau? Or comparing a common political position of anarchism? I just like how Thoreau explained it. Better than I ever could.

@JiggaJonson, I think you're angry at me because I wasn't interested in the Muppet Baby idea you pitched to me. No need to leave weird profile messages trying to provoke me into an argument. Not everyone is meant to work together creatively. I have no hard feelings toward you. Let's all just move on and forgive. Cool?

@blankfist

I love you mentioning Alan Moore. Take a closer look at the psyche of the kind of person you hold up as a political hero: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore#Religion_and_magic

Surely someone who believes in the occult has his shit together and we should base a government (or lack thereof) around his ideas. *slow clap*

Nice puckered anus logo by the way. It suits you well.

@JiggaJonson, you're not very good at trolling. But I like that you're putting in the effort. A solid C+.

Honestly though, I believe there's a flaw in your premise. Whether or not someone engages in every form of civil disobedience is irrelevant to their convictions or dedication to a movement. Take Alan Moore for instance. Outspoken Anarchist. Believed government should be nothing more than an administrative role at best. Big supporters of the Occupy movement. The man behind the Guy Fawkes mask. Yet wrote some of his best work for major corporations. And pays taxes.

@ChaosEngine, I don't think you can assert that it's a "fact that history has shown us that people, when left to their own devices, are absolute assholes to their fellow man." People are generally good, I find.

And what problems exactly would you like to see libertarians actually address that they haven't already? And statism is the "dominant" model because it derives its powers by force. It wouldn't be dominant if it didn't force itself on the people.

I think Alan Moore has a decent take on this, too. From his wikipage: "I believe that all other political states are in fact variations or outgrowths of a basic state of anarchy; after all, when you mention the idea of anarchy to most people they will tell you what a bad idea it is because the biggest gang would just take over. Which is pretty much how I see contemporary society. We live in a badly developed anarchist situation in which the biggest gang has taken over and have declared that it is not an anarchist situation – that it is a capitalist or a communist situation. But I tend to think that anarchy is the most natural form of politics for a human being to actually practice."

Your video, Alan Grayson breaks down the NSA scandal, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

'Carl Sagan' looked far moore like Alan Partridge, but I applaud the concept

Is that real? That's Alan Partridge level comedy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhlx43rTs2Q

FOX responds! Who knew Bob Beckel was a progressive!?!? Maybe he's one of those Alan Colmes progressives.

Wait. So Alan Carr gets a tag for this video, saying nothing, but Jimmy Carr, the host gets none?

What's the world coming to?

Ah, I knew it I saw this video before! but that one isn't tagged with "alan szabo", so I couldn't find that *isdupe.

Alan Savory - Reversing Desertification With Livestock has been added as a related post - related requested by notarobot.

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 7:35am PST - promote requested by notarobot.

*Promote sustainable land use. Those interested in this might also be interested in permaculture.

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reminds me of Alan Watts. Both are huge inspirations for me

To fans of Qi, Alan Davies is now just Alan, our little lovable puppy.