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Let me preface this by noting that it's cute you think you know as much about this as I do. But I want you to know that there is 0% chance you have read even close the amount I have regarding this topic so if you pay attention you might learn something.

> You're oversimplifying a complex theory, have you actually read the material you're quoting or just snippets from your anarchist safe space.

Who would you like me to directly quote? Should I quote Kropotkin who said that in anarchism "the individual recovers his full liberty of initiative and action or Emma Goldman who wrote in her essay Anarchism: What it Really Stands For, that anarchism leads to "complete individual and social freedom"? Do I even have to bring up Stirner or Tucker or Bonanno ?!? I've read a lot of anarchist thinkers and in the works of each is a strong emphasis on liberating the individual, exactly as I said. You however don't give a single shred of evidence of any significant anarchist theorist who thought anarchism required "putting the community first". I mean, it's understandable why you wouldn't...you haven't actually engaged with the philosophy.

>The theory assumes that if you unburden somebody with societal oppression (wage slavery, inequality et al) that they will become focused and minded on their community and upholding the society.

Wow, talk about "oversimplifying a complex theory"! And this is followed by a complete non sequitur. Who cares if people are competitive? People are a lot of things. That doesn't mean the government is here maintaining order, keeping us from tearing each other apart. The government is maintaining only the status quo which is injustice, exploitation, and brutality. We don't need it and we should destroy it.

And there's some great evidence that governments are not necessary for social order. Just read some of the interesting anthropological work in the area. Here I'll just copy paste a comment I made a while back because I don't like repeating myself:

>There are no governmental organizations or "opportunistic leaders" in, for example, the societies of the Pemon People who live in Southeastern Venezuela. If you read the serious anthropological scholarship on the subject you'll see everything you said totally contradicted. In David John Thomas's work on the Pemon People Order Without Government: The Society of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela he shows that their society is egalitarian (in that all members of society have equal access to the benefits of society), anarchic (in that it is totally lacking government with political functions being diffuse through society), and amorphous. Thomas describes fundamental contradictions within Pemon Society which prevent power from becoming focused in one individual or group. There are no leaders in their society in the sense that nobody maintains a defined followership and that there is no such thing as the power of an office.

There are many more examples of this. The San People are also egalitarian who make decisions collectively through consensus and have a gift economy.

You could also take a look at the work of anarchist anthropologist David Graeber who did work on the tribal societies of Madagascar particularly the Tsimihety People who exist completely independently of the state of Madagascar and live extremely egalitarian lives while rejecting all government authority.

>But you seem to disregard exactly what they focus on as the concept of human nature.

Are you high? A few of those thinkers I cited argue that human nature supports and demands anarchy! Kropotkin wrote a whole freakin book on how tendencies toward mutual aid are built into our DNA as non-competative social relations become a positive factor in natural selection. And on the other side of the spectrum it's debatable whether Stirner even recognized the existence of a universal human nature. Again, all of which you would know if you put in the requisite work to read and engage with the philosophy of anarchism. You clearly, clearly haven't.

>Please share them.

I just did.

Wouldn't be surprised if this is because of funding. Academia is driven by what'll draw in the most and biggest grants, which means that it's at the mercy of trends. So extremely useful and important stuff like this falls by the wayside in favor of the flavor of the week, which in this case happens to be...whatever this is. It would take a lot of change for the problem to go away.

Here is a pretty good book on the topic written by an Irish geologist. I'd suggest reading it if you're really interested to see the research.

https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Giant-changing-earthquakes-volcanoes/dp/0199678758

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   This is a good intro book, and /r/russian's a pretty good sub.

If you're interested, I could suggest a few good sociology books for you to read. It's not always as dry as you might think.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Respect-Structural-Analysis-Sciences/dp/0521017114

https://www.amazon.co.uk/McDonaldization-Society-George-Ritzer/dp/1483358941

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Managed-Heart-Commercialization-Human-Feeling/dp/0520272943

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_and_Punish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Class-Socialism-Lindsey-German/dp/0906224543

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock

https://www.amazon.com/Legend-10-Elemental-Masters/dp/0615348130

There was a drama post about the author ullullullia or whatever who used to be the most annoying autist out there but then turned his life around according to Snally.

I actually bought and unironically enjoyed the book.

Did you know that the bathtub was first marketed in north america as a horse trough and dog scalder?


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https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446697974/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_BAF0BbW9JM6W6

I read it in Shattered, I will see if I can find an article saying the same.

https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Concentration-Camps-Eyewitness-Accounts/dp/0275954471

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https://www.amazon.com/Recovery-Guide-Adult-Children-Alcoholics/dp/0671645285/

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Rage-Underground-Forgotten-Revolutionary/dp/0143107976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486772563&sr=8-1&keywords=days+of+rage

Some required reading, cumskin.

Whoops! Forget a word!

https://www.amazon.com/Very-Hungry-Caterpillar-Eric-Carle/dp/0399226907

Honestly, mathematical illiteracy is prevalent within the general public and I'd argue it's a fairly harmful problem that no one talks about or is even aware of. There's a really good short book about it called Innumeracy.

As far as this sub is concerned though I particularly find certain people's very angry reactions to polling and Nate Silver to be hilarious.

https://reason.com/archives/2012/09/01/bin-ladens-revenge

> After 9/11, senior Taliban military commanders demanded bin Laden's expulsion. A council of religious scholars also ordered the withdrawal of their Afghan sanctuary.

from https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-We-Created-Taliban-Al-Afghanistan/dp/0199927316, an Oxford University Press book

As for the last one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/books/chapters/1001-1st-macp.html

\> mfw someone is so ignorant they don't know Izzy Stone

Done being embarrassed yet?

There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos.

They're a thing because Whites are extremely racist towards them.

www.halfasian.org

http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/anti-Chinese-persecution-in-the-USA-history-timeline.htm

http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/chinese-in-britain-history-timeline.htm

http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/hollywood-asian-stereotypes.htm

http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/not-racist-just-goofy-squint-eye-faces.htm

http://www.kulturemedia.org/

 

Cambodia

http://www.amazon.com/Sideshow-Kissinger-Nixon-Destruction-Cambodia/dp/0671835254/

 

Laos

Hiding America’s War Crimes in Laos | http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/2715

 

Vietnam

● http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Anything-That-Moves-American/dp/1250045061/

● http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Program-Americas-Forbidden-Bookshelf-ebook/dp/B00KGMIW6Q/

 

Korea

http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-History-Korean-1950-1951-Nonconformist/dp/0316817708/

 

Philippines

http://www.amazon.com/Benevolent-Assimilation-American-Philippines-1899-1903/dp/0300030819/

 

China

● China’s Rise, Fall, and Re-Emergence as a Global Power | http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/03/chinas-rise-fall-and-re-emergence-as-a-global-power/

● USA’s warfare against China ½ | http://www.voltairenet.org/article177063.html

 

India

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/23/british-empire-crimes-ignore-atrocities