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<a href="/"><div class="logo"><img src="https://c4ss.org/wp-content/themes/center2015/images/C4SSLogo2.png"></div></a> <a href="/"><div class="site-title-wrapper"> <img src="https://c4ss.org/wp-content/themes/center2015/images/mobile-banner.png"> <div class="site-title">Center for a Stateless Society</div> <div class="site-subtitle">A Left Market Anarchist Think Tank & Media Center</div> </div></a> <div class="header-tabs"> <ul> <a href="/about"><li class="headline">About</li></a> <a href="/resources"><li class="headline">Resources</li></a> <a href="/support"><li class="last headline">Support</li></a> </ul> </div> <div class="search-bar"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://c4ss.org/"> <input type="text" class="search" value="Search" name="s" id="s" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Search';}" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Search') {this.value = '';}" /> <input type="hidden" id="searchsubmit" class="search" /> </form> </div> <div class="rss"> <a 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State authority is illegitimate, unnecessary, and dangerous. But that obviously leaves open the question: what do we do now, while we’re still under the state’s rule, to make our… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/43346">Bernie Sanders: The Candidate the Establishment Needs</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/kelly-vee" title="Posts by Kelly Vee" rel="author">Kelly Vee</a></span> |<span class="date"> February 10th, 2016</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> New Hampshire was Feeling the Bern in the Democratic Primary last night. The Associated Press called a win for social democrat Bernie Sanders late Tuesday night, an expected victory, but one of few for the upcoming primary season, as Hillary is largely predicted to win the Democratic nomination. The contentious fight between Clinton and Sanders… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/39736">In Which I Accept a Challenge</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/radgeek" title="Posts by Charles Johnson" rel="author">Charles Johnson</a></span> |<span class="date"> August 15th, 2015</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> So, just a reminder as electoral season resumes: If you want to say that I am obliged to support Bernie Sanders’s campaign on the grounds that, however much it may offend my purist sensibilities, I need to speak to real-world practical gains, then you need to show me how, practically, me being invested in this… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/39744">Please Don’t Vote. It’s Worse than Worthless. There are Alternatives.</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/c4ssorg-admin" title="Posts by C4SS" rel="author">C4SS</a></span> |<span class="date"> August 14th, 2015</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Three and a half years ago I wrote an essay about why Americans should stop participating in the presidential election — either as voters, as supporters of one candidate or another, or as participants in the endless social media and conversational back-and-forths. In short, that they should pay as little attention as possible to the election campaign… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/36871">Mandatory Voting: A Bad Idea</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/sheldon-richman" title="Posts by Sheldon Richman" rel="author">Sheldon Richman</a></span> |<span class="date"> March 26th, 2015</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> President Obama thinks that forcing us to vote might be a good idea. That he could favor punishing people for not voting — which means taking their money by force and imprisoning or even shooting them if they resist — is unsurprising. The essence of government is violence — aggressive, not defensive, force. Government is… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/34280">Jon Stewart, Jester for the Warfare State on Feed 44</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/james-tuttle" title="Posts by James Tuttle" rel="author">James Tuttle</a></span> |<span class="date"> December 19th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> C4SS Feed 44 presents Ryan Calhoun‘s “Jon Stewart, Jester for the Warfare State” read by Erick Vasconcelos and edited by Nick Ford. The difference between Carlin and Stewart is that Carlin was not beholden, he kept nothing as sacrosanct and by the time of his death had at one point offended the sensibilities of every demographic on the… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/34034">If You Vote — or Don’t Vote — Complain on Feed 44</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/james-tuttle" title="Posts by James Tuttle" rel="author">James Tuttle</a></span> |<span class="date"> December 9th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> C4SS Feed 44 presents Thomas L. Knapp‘s “If You Vote — or Don’t Vote — Complain” read by Christopher B. King and edited by Nick Ford. If anything, those who DO vote are the ones giving up their rightful prerogative of complaint. They agreed to the process, filled out the paperwork, cast their ballots. They own the outcomes…. </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/33357">Jon Stewart, Jester for the Warfare State</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/ryan-calhoun" title="Posts by Ryan Calhoun" rel="author">Ryan Calhoun</a></span> |<span class="date"> November 8th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Professional fools are an ingrained aspect of our image of the medieval royal court system. Fools, more commonly known as jesters, were permitted to be asses for the amusement of heads of governments. While professional and respectful conduct was expected of most members of the court, the Fool existed to give an image of laxness…. </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/33353">The Political Sterility of Jon Stewart</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/sheldon-richman" title="Posts by Sheldon Richman" rel="author">Sheldon Richman</a></span> |<span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Political satire has a long and honorable history: Aristophanes, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift; W.S. Gilbert; George Orwell; Tom Lehrer, David Frost, and That Was the Week That Was; George Carlin; Spitting Image, Yes, Minister; the Smothers Brothers; the early Saturday Night Live, Dave Barry, The Onion, South Park, Family Guy, and so many more. Unfortunately,… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/33330">Election 2014: The Good News and Bad</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/sheldon-richman" title="Posts by Sheldon Richman" rel="author">Sheldon Richman</a></span> |<span class="date"> November 7th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> The 2014 midterm election delivered both good news and bad. The good news is that the losers lost. The bad news is that the winners won. Journalist Mike Barnicle says he’s never seen an election in which the people feel so distant from the government. I wish his diagnosis were right, but I suspect it… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/33272">The Weekly Abolitionist: Prisons and the Myth of Democratic Legitimacy</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/nathan-goodman" title="Posts by Nathan Goodman" rel="author">Nathan Goodman</a></span> |<span class="date"> November 4th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> It’s election day in the USA. The mass incarceration nation is deciding which political opportunists will rule. On the state and local level, citizens are casting their votes on ballot initiatives that will determine the structure, specifics, or application of state coercion. Some of these ballot initiatives probably deserve support from prison abolitionists, specifically initiatives… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/33124">If You Vote — or Don’t Vote — Complain</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/thomaslknapp" title="Posts by Thomas L. Knapp" rel="author">Thomas L. Knapp</a></span> |<span class="date"> October 30th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> So here we go again. Another biennial US election season draws to a close and here come the solemn multi-partisan invocations of civic duty: Exercise that franchise. Pull that lever, push that button, mark that box. The future of western civilization depends on you. And if you don’t vote, don’t complain. Question: If I don’t drive around… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/30783">Why We Do Not Vote</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/james-tuttle" title="Posts by James Tuttle" rel="author">James Tuttle</a></span> |<span class="date"> August 22nd, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> C4SS Feed 44 presents Dyer Lum‘s “Why We Do Not Vote” read and edited by Nick Ford. But, it is alleged, that as both sides resort to fraud, the chances are equal. That is, politics is a game of cards, in which only the best trumps win. Like a game also “we the people” are needed… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/29437">Why We Do Not Vote</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/james-tuttle" title="Posts by James Tuttle" rel="author">James Tuttle</a></span> |<span class="date"> July 18th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> The following article was written by Dyer Lum and published The Alarm, October 31, 1885. Another election is at hand. Again the seductive voice of the politician is heard appealing to ignorance to establish justice. It is not new to our ears; we once trusted it. We have fully realized the emptyness of its professions. What do… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/28545">This Superpower Needs to Be Fired and Forcibly Escorted From the Building</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/kevin-carson" title="Posts by Kevin Carson" rel="author">Kevin Carson</a></span> |<span class="date"> June 27th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> If you want a glimpse into the US bipartisan foreign policy establishment’s Heart of Darkness, you need look no further than Robert Kagan. He, along with his father and brother, was a signatory of the Project for a New American Century’s manifesto “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” — something normally associated with the neoconservative circles around George… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/26772">Anti-politieke politiek</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/thomaslknapp" title="Posts by Thomas L. Knapp" rel="author">Thomas L. Knapp</a></span> |<span class="date"> April 30th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Ik weet zeker dat je dit al eens eerder hebt gehoord. “Als je niet stemt, dan mag je niet klagen” “Niet stemmen is een stem voor de winnaar en wat hun beleid ook mag zijn. Als je hen niet mag en niet wilt, dan had je moeten stemmen voor de andere partij.” Deze kleine stukjes… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/26746">The Weekly Libertarian Leftist And Chess Review 27</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/nick-manley" title="Posts by Nick Manley" rel="author">Nick Manley</a></span> |<span class="date"> April 27th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> The second part of Richard Ebeling’s discussion of individual self-determination vs Russian or Ukrainian or Russian nationalism. Andrew J. Bacevich reviews The Education of an Anti-Imperialist: Robert La Follette and U.S. Expansionism. Justin Raimondo compares the American invasion of Afghanistan with the Russian invasion of Crimea. Philip Giraldi discusses Gareth Porter’s new book titled Manufactured… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/26540">The Weekly Libertarian Leftist And Chess Review 26</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/nick-manley" title="Posts by Nick Manley" rel="author">Nick Manley</a></span> |<span class="date"> April 20th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Ahmad Barqawi discusses why the Arab League should be dissolved. Binoy Kampmark discusses the military dictatorship in Egypt. Roberta A. Modugno discusses the Levellers. Lucy Steigerwald discusses how the War on Drugs is literal. James Bovard discusses USDA’s regulation of raisin production and distribution. Ryan McMaken discusses Ron Paul, Richard Cobden, and the risky nature… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/26036">The Weekly Libertarian Leftist And Chess Review 25</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/nick-manley" title="Posts by Nick Manley" rel="author">Nick Manley</a></span> |<span class="date"> April 13th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Ivan Eland discusses U.S. security agencies. Uri Avnery discusses changing the Israeli flag. Eric Sommer discusses why journalists have blood on their hands. Patrick Cockburn discusses Saudi Arabia’s regret over supporting terrorism. Robin Philpot discusses Rwanda. Matt Peppe discusses terrorism directed against Cuba. Jacob G. Hornberger discusses treating people like garbage. Sheldon Richman discusses the… </div> </div> <div class="blog-content-post"> <div class="blog-content-post-title headline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/26218">Campaign Finance Reform is Small Change</a></div> <div class="blog-content-meta"><span class="byline"><a href="https://c4ss.org/content/author/thomaslknapp" title="Posts by Thomas L. Knapp" rel="author">Thomas L. Knapp</a></span> |<span class="date"> April 8th, 2014</span> </div> <div class="blog-content-post-text"> Here we go again: The US Supreme Court has relaxed some political contribution limits. Cue the hype. Last year, 2013, was the first year of the 2014 campaign cycle. Question #1: How much did federal elected officials spend on their 2014 campaigns last year? 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