Introduce yourself here

[Francois Tremblay]

Since this should be a self-contained board, I have taken the liberty of creating this thread so that new activists can introduce themselves if they desire, talk about their particular interests, their activities, etc.

[MustangGT]

I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Aaron Kinney, my GOTG handle is MustangGT. I reside in the city of Los Angeles.

I am, of course, an atheist and a Market Anarchist. I am also one of the moderators of the Market Anarchy Activism forum.

I am primarily interested in producing and distributing Market Anarchy literature and media. This includes printed and recorded (audio and video) materials.

I am also interested in face-to-face activism such as soliciting people on the street, handing out information, and striking up impromtu discussions/debates with statists on the street.

In the Los Angeles area, the two best "street" places to conduct such activities is the Venice Beach Boardwalk, and 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

[FreedomOutsideTheBox]

Howdy folks!

My name is Joey and I of course go by the handle FreedomOutsideTheBox on many forums including this one and the FDR forums.

I'm also a co-author on http://anarchy.wordpress.com

As far as activism goes, I am currently involved in some of the projects Franc and others on this board are doing right now and I'm also an editor for the Post Anarchism Wiki.

Hope to contribute where I can and answer questions.

[NoDeity]

My name is Brad Reddekopp. On many forums, I use the handle "NoDeity".

I live in the northern third of the province of British Columbia, Canada. Your map probably won't have Hazelton on it but that's where I live.

[fephisto]

This is Dave. Most forums and some people in rl call me Fephisto or Feppy. I'm a math student at ISU with wonderfully long hippy-like hair.

[Andrew Greve]

I'm Andrew. Y'all know me.

[MustangGT]

Who the fuck is this Andrew guy?

[T.J. Van Wyk]

Call me Tom. Or Thomas. Or "TJ". Doesn't matter much.

Anywho, I'm an admin at the Austrian Forum, where I use a handle similar to this one.

Most would call me an anarcho-capitalist (as much as I hate the label) or a market anarchist, albeit with (some would say) agorist, individualist-anarchist, and voluntaryist vibes. Some might even say I have an egoist flavor, but it wouldn't be particularly accurate.

Also blog at The Liberator. Anyway, hello all. I'll try to remember to stop in here fairly often.

[Francois Tremblay]

Hey, how are you doing? Personally I never saw much difference between market anarchism and individualist anarchism (although I understand that they used to hold to outdated economic ideas), egoist anarchism, or voluntaryism. It's all good.

[T.J. Van Wyk]

Hey, how are you doing? Personally I never saw much difference between market anarchism and individualist anarchism (although I understand that they used to hold to outdated economic ideas), egoist anarchism, or voluntaryism. It's all good.

True enough, and I really don't either. I was more talking from the standpoint of how others might view me, as stupid as that is.

Point well taken, though. Spooner, for instance, held to some pretty frigging ridiculous ideas on economics, as I recall, as did most others who were called "individualists", such as Josiah Warren, B.R. Tucker (a hero of the Mutualists), and so forth, as did many other anarchists who were more or less in line with market anarchism otherwise or are tentatively lumped together with the individualists (arguably Voltairine de Cleyre, for instance - though she was mostly one of those "anarchists without hyphens" types).

As I see it, egoist anarchism (a la, e.g., Max Stirner) is fundamentally different from moralistic market anarchism (Rothbardian anarcho-capitalism, for instance) not so much in conclusion as in argumentative premise. Namely, Stirner's essentially nihilistic position runs, as I understand it, something like this: "Nothing outside of the ego matters; therefore, the state does not matter and is not binding on the individual's ego." As far as this statement goes, I think I'm more sympathetic to this viewpoint than I would like to consciously admit.

As for the voluntaryists, many are self-described market anarchists, anyway.

Anyway, didn't mean to ramble, but you do have a point that voluntaryism, individualist anarchism, egoist anarchism, and agorism are pretty much firmly tied to market anarchism/anarcho-capitalism.

[Francois Tremblay]

I see. It would be more interesting to read on this topic. Do you know of any articles on the topic?

[T.J. Van Wyk]

I see. It would be more interesting to read on this topic. Do you know of any articles on the topic?

Hmm... actually the sense I get of people commonly labelled as individualists (for instance) comes straight from the horses' mouths: Roderick Long has lots of classic anarchist lit up at his Heritage of Dissent library, including De Cleyre, Warren, Tucker, Spooner, etc....

Other than that, Wendy McElroy's got a book (The Debates of Liberty: An Overview of Individualist Anarchism, 1881-1908) that covers historical American individualist anarchism, but unfortunately it's pretty expensive on Amazon (63.00 USD at the moment) and I don't know where else it might be available. Don't think it's online anywhere. Might be worth checking out, though, if you've got more money than I.

[Francois Tremblay]

No, I meant something more general on the different kinds of real anarchism (as opposed to statist "TV anarchists").

[T.J. Van Wyk]

No, I meant something more general on the different kinds of real anarchism (as opposed to statist "TV anarchists").

Hmm. Nothing comes to mind.

[normaltim]

Hello boards *waves* my name is Tim Dilling, Normaltim (or normaltimm, if some other bastard has already swiped the handle) is typically what I go by on the internet.

I'm a Market anarchist and I've been lurking here for a while. Hopefully, in time I'll move from creepy, voyeur like lurker to frequent poster. I'm thinking this will be a better hobby than arguing with poli-sci majors