In this podcast, we discuss Chuang Tzu's Cracking the Safe [ix. 2.], which outlines the emergence and persistence of kleptocratic states and the operations of their rulers. Chuang Tzu mocks the plethora of 'rules and principles' rhetorically expounded by kleptocrats and characterises them as merely the ideological support for unwieldly bureaucracies. Against this mode of social organisation, Chuang Tzu proposes simplicity and bucolic peace. We discuss the resonances between this passage and 'classical anarchism'. [Free. 46 minutes.]
CLICK BAIT, RAGE BAIT & CALM BAIT
GOD SAVE THE KING! SERIOUSLY? INTERESTING TIMES 64
OUR BIGGEST DANGER?
EARTH DAY 2023 - INTERESTING TIMES 63
BLUES IN G 5 - MUSIC
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES - INTERESTING TIMES 62
A UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE?
STARING INTO THE ABYSS
PROMISES & SLOGANS
INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE, (& FARMING)
FESTIVAL DANCE
PATHOLOGICAL IRRATIONALISM IN THE UK AND BEYOND
LOOKING BACK OVER 2022 & FORWARD TO 2023 - INTERESTING TIMES 62
ON STRIKES - INTERESTING TIMES 61
EDEN REVISITED
LAO TZU 57
LAO TZU 56
LAO TZU 55
GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH? - INTERESTING TIMES 60
LAO TZU 54
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