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EXPLORATIONSOFASTATELESSWORLD The Conscience of an Anarchist The Conscience of an Anarchist Why It’s Time to Say Good-Bye to the State and Build a Free Society GARY CHARTIER COBDEN PRESS • Apple Valley, CA Copyright©GaryChartier2011 Publishedby CobdenPress 20258USHwy.18,Suite430-500 AppleValley,CA92307 (480)684-2651 www.fr33minds.com Thephotographof theauthorisGaryChartier,byCherylRichman.ItislicensedundertheCre- ativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike2.0Genericlicense.Youarefreetocopy,distributeand transmiteachimageandtoadaptit—providedthatyouattributetheimageinthemannerspec- ified(butnotinanywaythatsuggeststhatthephotographerendorsesyouoryouruseof the work)andthat,if youalter,transform,orbuilduponthiswork,youmaydistributetheresulting workonlyunderthesamelicenseasthisoneorarelevantlysimilarlicense.Thecoverimageis London:TheThamesandtheCityof LondonfromRichmondHouse(1747),byGiovanniAntonioCanal (Canaletto). ThisbookwasprintedintheUnitedStatesof Americaonacid-freepaper. Thisisthecorrectedfifthprintingof thisbook. ISBN978-1-935942-02-3 TheConscienceof anAnarchistislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike3.0 UnitedStatesLicense,andcanbecopiedwithoutlimit—includingforcommercialdistribution— solongasitisattributedtoGaryChartier. GaryChartier. TheConscienceof anAnarchist: WhyIt’sTimetoSayGood-ByetotheStateandBuildaFreeSociety Includesbibliographicreferences 1.Anarchism.2.PoliticsandGovernment—UnitedStates. I.Title ForElenor Contents Contents vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction:OpenYourMindtoAnarchy 1 1. TheDissentof theGoverned 5 2. Fish,Bicycles,andtheState 11 3. TheState,BigBusiness,andEconomicPrivilege 25 4. TheState,War,andEmpire 53 5. TheStateandPersonalFreedom 69 6. WhereDoWeGofromHere? 87 Resources:Stuff toCheckOutontheWaytotheFuture 105 Notes 115 AbouttheAuthor 119 Acknowledgments T HISBOOKREFLECTSMYattempttobringtogetherinsightsIhavehadsinceI firstbegantoreadaboutanarchismoveraquarter-centuryago,insightsfre- quently gained as a result of my encounters with other writers. I have drawn freely on the ideas of a variety of anarchist thinkers who have argued, in dif- ferentways,forthesuperiorityof cooperationoverviolence,of peaceoverag- gression,of freedomovercoercion.Thus,whileIhaveasmuchaspossibleavoid- edspecificreferences,Ihaveattachedalistof resourcesforthebenefitof any- onewhowantstothinkmoreaboutanarchism. Iamgratefultoavarietyof peoplewhodevotedtimeandenergytoread- ingandreflectingonsomeorallof thisbookduringitsdevelopment:KevinA. Carson,BradSpangler,TeresaWarmke,SheldonRichman,ThomasL.Knapp, Stephan Kinsella, D. Frank Robinson, James Tuttle, and Gene Mayes. Jeff Riggenbach, David Henderson, Tom de Lorenzo, Pennelope Aletras-Leight, andArmandoBenitezcopy-editedthemanuscriptandsavedmefromembar- rassment at multiple points. Eduardo Brugman, Esteban Salcido, Brandon Snider,A.AndrewTruong,andRoderickT.Long,amongothers,contributed helpfullytothedesignprocess.Theassistanceof JimPersonandtheothermem- bersof theCobdenPressteamhasensuredtheproductionandrapiddistribu- tionof anattractiveandaffordablebook.I’mverypleasedbyandappreciative of theirwork,andI’mhonoredtobeassociatedwiththePress’seponym,Richard Cobden,co-founderof theAnti-CornLawLeague,whochallengedaristocrat- icprivilegesthatlimitedordinarypeople’saccesstoinexpensivefood,promot- edthecauseof peaceandnon-intervention,urgedreductionsinmilitaryspend- ing,andrejectedtheevilof slavery. Andthanks,of course,totheusualsuspects:ElenorWebb,JeffreyCassidy, AnnetteBryson,AenaPrakash,AlexanderLian,AndrewHowe,AngelaKeaton, x THECONSCIENCEOFANANARCHIST Anne-Marie Pearson, Bart Willruth, Carole Pateman, Chelsea Krafve, Craig R.Kinzer,DavidB.Hoppe,DavidR.Larson,DeborahK.Dunn,DonnaCarl- son,EllenHubbell,EvaPascal,FritzGuy,JanM.Holden,JesseLeamon,Joel Sandefur, John Elder, John Thomas, Julio C. Muñoz, Kenneth A. Dickey, LawrenceT.Geraty,LigiaRadoias,MarcA.Benzakein,MariaZlateva,Michael Orlando,NabilAbu-Assal,PatriciaCabrera,RogerE.Rustad,Jr.,RonelHar- vey, Ruth E. E. Burke, Sel J. Hwahng, W. Kent Rogers, and Wonil Kim. I am particularly indebted to Elenor for moral and logistical support and for wel- comeopportunitiesfordialogueandexchange. Iintendtodonateallof theauthorroyaltiesIreceivefromthesaleof this booktoAntiWar.com.Iamenormouslygratefulfortheongoingcontributions those associated with this remarkable journalistic endeavor make to the cause of creatingasocietyorganizedonthebasisof peaceful,voluntarycooperation.

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