Matthew Hunt

Round two! Once again, a special thanks goes to @bgetsbetter for giving me the opportunity to come back on the Aiming Up Podcast. Current issues are never easy to discuss but their importance should never be understated. I highly recommend this episode where we discuss the ethics of the military, the Iran war, AI, Epstein, and more.

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@harryjsisson Shut the fuck up twink.

Joe Biden was right about everything.

@Spiciest_Mouth @AncapAir Ideally small townships. Im not convinced that a county sized communist society could ever work. By nature, communism empowers tyrannical rule.

@MatthewHuntII @AncapAir How small? What's the cutoff?

GM!! Since I've triggered the anarcho-purists last night, I may as well double down. I'm an anarchist first, and a capitalist second. Meaning I hate the authoritarian state more than literally anything else. "BuT aNcOm CaNt eXiSt WiThOuT fOrCe!" Yes it can. You have either an inability or a stubborn refusal to separate the historic evils committed by statist communism and the idea of voluntary community sharing of resources. Just like how many ancoms conflate capitalism as corporate fascism, that's on you. You don't have to understand it's granular mechanisms, but you should acknowledge the possibility of voluntary communsim, even in theory. "BuT aNcOmZ wAnT tO MuRdEr uS!" Then they aren't anarchists the same way "ancaps" who want to throw ancoms from helicopters aren't. Stop dehumanizing your fellow human because they have a different economic philosophy than you do. Ancaps get fulfillment out of innovation, invention, and self-improvement. Ancoms get fulfillment out of community service, sharing, and selflessness. Neither is inherently evil. What is evil is using force to accomplish these things, as well as using these differences as a justification to commit murder against "the others." "cOaL!!" Lol! I don't fucking care. What I do care about is abolishing the state, and if you think any post-statist world is going to solely consist of your preferred version of anarchy, you're retarded. I've said it before, but I'll say it again: The post-statist world will be a beautiful tapestry of a million anarchies... Better start getting along with "the others" now, because it is all but a guarantee that Ancapistan and Ancompton will need to peacefully trade with one another, lest we prove the statist fuckwits correct in their claim that anarchy will form a state in order to make war with our neighbors... Now stop being a retarded anarcho-purist, realize other forms of anarchy are perfectly valid (even if you don't understand them), and let's all just get the fuck along. I shouldn't have to ask people to be cordial with others, but here we are...

@AncapAir If they make it work and its completely voluntary, all power to them.

@MatthewHuntII So we believe... But if a million ancoms start a commune and make it work without force, then we are proven false.... And that's okay! I say good for them, and tip my hat.

@SmarterGameShow Good night free! Always appreciate a good conversation

@MatthewHuntII Facts. Have a good night kiddo! Appreciate you!

How convenient that Joe Kent is now under federal investigation. Do the people not understand? We've seen this time and again.

@SmarterGameShow The future belongs to those willing to build it.

@MatthewHuntII Totally agree. For me, faith is the foundation, but action is the test. We are not here to wait, we are here to build and take responsibility for what is broken. Doing the right thing matters and so does actually doing something about it.

Not for long.

@SmarterGameShow I think it is up to us as well. I meant it more as only through Him we can. I stray away from many protestants on this particular view. I dont care if we fail trying to do the right thing, what matters in the first place was doing the right thing to begin with.

@MatthewHuntII I am a Catholic and I believe it is up to us. Wars and chaos are not going to fix themselves while we sit back and wait. We have free will and responsibility. The world is breaking and it is on us to act & fix it.

@Liberty_Xtreme Nor have I. Its on my list. I have a long list lol

@MatthewHuntII You know I’ve never read Electric Sheep… I need to

We already live in 1984. If you piss off the government they will Winston Smith you. There are no laws. Only political will for power and destroy those who compete for it.

@SmarterGameShow Only He can.

@MatthewHuntII Absolutely. Making us the philosophers, God help us. 🤣

@SmarterGameShow Plato's Cave.

@MatthewHuntII Many people see it but are not honest or thoughtful about it. Some prefer control or the illusion of it over facing hard truths. Admitting corruption means questioning systems they benefit from or depend on, and most are not willing to do that.

@SmarterGameShow Could not have said it better myself.

@MatthewHuntII Most systems do not scale well. The bigger they get, the more control they need and the harder exit becomes. That is true across the board. Keeping things local with real choice and the ability to leave is what keeps anything voluntary.

Rating forms of Anarchism • Anarcho-Capitalism: 9/10 • Anarcho-Communism: 3/10 • Anarcho-Conservatism: 5/10 • Anarcho-Egoism: 7/10 • Anarcho-Illeagalism: 2/10 • Anarcho-Monarchism: 0/10 • Anarcho-Pacifism: 8/10 • Anarcho-Primitivism: 1/10

@imsarahbella History repeats itself. It one of the oldest laws of human nature and the most crooked.

@MatthewHuntII Tale as old as time. Truthy and the Beast.

@SmarterGameShow Its beyond me how more people cannot see the corruption.

@MatthewHuntII The only ones who ever go to jail are the whistleblowers.

@SmarterGameShow I wont disagree with the commune thing. Anything larger is my problem. My overall point is that the exit is not guaranteed. It is at the start but overtime that fades. We know how human nature reacts to communism.

That risk is real, which is why property rights & exit matter. If people can keep property, leave, and form alternatives, no system can trap them. The danger is not cooperation, it is losing the ability to opt out & compete. We already see this work with voluntary communes that people can join or leave.

In what fucking universe?

I respect their right regardless of how I feel. My point is more that collective ownership is ultimately going to lead to something authoritative. You give up one right, in this case it is property, and more will follow. The idea of collective wealth can make people cling to the system and find themselves in a situation where they cannot leave the system, given the inevitable nature of communism. A snake is always waiting to strike, and when they do, that power dynamic makes it a whole lot easier. That would kill the voluntaryism.

Voluntary only lasts if exit is real and alternatives exist. The moment people cannot leave, start competing systems, or opt out of decisions, it stops being anarchism. Collective decision making does not require coercion if participation is optional and communities must retain members by consent. I don’t want to live like that but respect the right of those who choose to.